Changing Wave (formerly known as Lisbon V-Day) organised the second edition of One Billion Rising in Portugal on 14 February, 2014. This year they are organising this year’s One Billion Rising event in Lisbon. They are preparing a Portuguese version of the One Billion Rising Break the chain song – Portuguese music…

Coming off of a wildly successful world premiere at DOC NYC Film Festival, the documentary film CITY OF JOY is set to be the Centerpiece film at the Athena Film Festival in NYC. CITY OF JOY tells the story of the first class of girls at a remarkable center in…

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December 2016 Dear Friends, It has been another exciting month of Risings! We are so inspired, impressed, and emboldened by the actions and events of our partners. We hope that you enjoy going through the December newsletter! The Joint Women’s Programme has had a series of Risings in December. These…

  After massive worldwide women’s marches last weekend that saw people coming together to loudly and boldly demand a future free of violence towards women – activists around the world are heightening their calls and escalating their actions on (and around) 14 February – the One Billion Rising global day…

OBR & V-Day activists mobilized and marched in Solidarity cities across the US and around the world on Inauguration 20 January and on 21 January. Here is a look at some of the actions and events: London Los Angeles  Manila Mexico City New York Oakland San Francisco  Santa Fe

Yesterday was the beginning of the Renaissance of Resistance. It was a triumph for women worldwide and humanity. Join us for the next risings February 14. V-Day, One Billion Rising and African American Policy Forum marched in DC together yesterday. These are just a few snaps taken along the route…

1@1 is the equal rights organization calling for the Saturday January 21st Global Minute of Silence for Women’s Equality.  Led by Gloria Steinem, at exactly 1pm EST and the same moment in multiple time zones, women, girls and supporters all over the world are stopping everything to visualize women’s equality…

Our event was a global call to women survivors of violence in Tunisia. Our objective was to sensitize young children in a prep school in Nabeul about the situation of women in Tunisia and in the rest of the world in general. Your famous ONE BILLION RISING “BREAK THE CHAIN”…

In New Mexico 10,765 people are trafficked per day, as reported by StreetSafeNM.org. On January 11, 2017 One Billion Rising Santa Fe joined with many other organization for an awareness walk on the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Santa Fe, NM. We gathered in solidarity at a local youth…