One Billion Rising Global Coordinators are sharing great news from around the world – Rising events and OBR launches that have taken place over the last three weeks from 25 October to 14 November, with several OBR events to come in the next two weeks. 7 OCTOBER INDIA MEN RISING…

One Billion Rising Zimbabwe held a Rising against gender based violence event last November 4th. Headed by leading OBR Artist Kessia Magosha – the event took place at the Women’s University in Africa and included moving and powerful testimonials, speeches, singing and dancing. ZIMBABWE RISING!  

This post was originally published online on One Billion Rising: India Chapter website. Follow the One Billion Rising 2017 campaign across India HERE. One of the national partner organizations, EKTA, has been a part of the One Billion Rising campaign, since 2012. Throughout the years, EKTA has involved marginalized women…

As part of the 16 Days of Activism, Sangeeta Nambiar launches One Billion Rising SINGAPORE 2017 with an original play – “Finally She Spoke” – at the Blackbox Theatre on 1 December, 2016. Sangeeta has organized and coordinated V-Day events in Singapore as well as being a One Billion Rising…

An OBR state planning meeting was held on the 25 & 26 of October by Jan Pahel in Madhya Pradesh. It was attended by 52 representatives from 35 districts, on the issue of exploitation and injustices, focusing on marginalized subaltern communities including Dalits, tribal people, and more. Follow up meetings…

Eve Ensler and One Billion Rising present: Dancing on Hurt Feet   Featuring Gina Loring, Jaha Zainabu and Aja Monet 3 fem badass Revolutionary poets in an artistic uprising Dancing on Hurt Feet is an innovative performance poetry project featuring the work of three unique women. In a powerful offering, the show is…

The V-Men Charity Run in Taiwan – hosted by Garden of Hope – One Billion Rising Taiwan coordinators and organizers –  is inspired by the V-Men Movement, the White Ribbon Campaign, and other global initiatives organized by men to end men’s violence against women. The V-Men Run is open to all ages…

This piece originally appeared on the GOH website and is available to read HERE Garden of Hope’s 2017 OBR campaign aims to support human rights protection of female domestic migrant workers in Taiwan. This is their recent statement regarding a sexual assault case  of an Indonesian domestic migrant worker. Further actions…

I didn’t have real hope for the situation of women for a long time now. I felt like nothing will ever change, that some of my sisters and mothers will just suffer from society’s harms and die just because they were “women.” That I won’t be able to change anything….

Moreta Alegre. Kendra James. Yazidi women. Bai Bibyaon. The young girls of Iraq and Syria. Our Palestinian sisters. When I think of solidarity, I think of these women, and thousands more suffering under particular circumstances. There is no part of the world today where there is no woman crying for…