One Billion Rising activists are heeding the call of the #1BillionRising 2022 Campaign – a call to RISE for the Bodies of All Women, Girls & the Earth – harnessing the global energy of 16 Days of Activism to connect both in a deeper, more purposeful, political, transformative and yet…

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Saturday, September 25, 2021 CONTACT: Anna Zuccaro | anna (at) unbendablemedia.com, media (at) vday.org Organizers in West Hollywood Join Activists in Mexico, Croatia, Eswatini, Congo, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, South Africa, Italy, UK, Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jamaica, Guatemala, Thailand, Nigeria, Portugal, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Zambia, Austria, and…

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Saturday, September 25, 2021 CONTACT: Anna Zuccaro | anna (at) unbendablemedia.com, media (at) vday.org Afghan Activists & Artists, Women’s Rights Leaders & Broadway Stars to Speak Out in Support of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan Organizers in New York Join activists in Mexico, Croatia, Congo, Nepal, India, Bangladesh,…

  With the pandemic’s devastating effects on the prison communities and the world, this year has been tough on all of us. August 12th, 2021, was a day criminal justice advocates set aside to remember the life of Valerie Gaiter, my co-defendant. Val never received the proper medical evaluation and…

“28 June marked the completion of training in women’s leadership and emotional healing for 89 residents of the City of Joy who have been recruited to transform their pain into power. Since January, this 25th graduating class has been on a journey to celebrate the victory over the trauma they…

(Reposted from vday.org) The first PRIDE was not a parade, but a protest. The fight for justice continues in 2021, as police brutality disproportionately affects Black communities and systemic injustices continue to put Black transgender women and other Black LGBTQ+ people at risk of facing police violence. According to the…

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg died yesterday at sundown at the age of 87 on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. It’s said people who die on Rosh Hashanah are of greatest righteousness. She gave us her life over and over. She was a hero and a strategist and a brilliant legal mind…

V (formerly Eve Ensler) joined fellow featured speakers today at the International Women’s Day – Abortion On Demand & Without Apology” protest in NYC’s Union Square. “The Supreme Court is on track to gut or overturn women’s fundamental right to abortion by late spring. Already Texas is under a near…

View newsletter as PDF»   On a dusky winter evening in November, the little lanes of the drowsy village of Rakkar lit up with a gentle trail of candles and the reverberations of 40 voices singing for a safer and more just society for women. Together with Anganwadi workers, members…