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Global Day of Solidarity Action For and With Women of Afghanistan on September 25 during the United Nations General Assembly Meetings in NYC

Published: 22 September 2021

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,…

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Remembering Val Gaiter

Published: 25 August 2021

  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…

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A TRANSFORMATION ENGINE, A HEALING OASIS AND A PLACE OF JOY – THE 25TH CLASS GRADUATES FROM CITY OF JOY

Published: 3 July 2021

“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…

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RISING PRIDE – We Rise for Liberation from Homophobia, Transphobia, Patriarchy & Capitalism

Published: 21 June 2021

(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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Eswatini Rising Online Magazine

Published: 12 February 2021

#1BillionRising Eswatini online Magazine. #raisingthevibration #risinggardens #RISING2021

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: May Her Memory Be a Revolution

Published: 19 September 2020

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…

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V Speaks at IWD Abortion On Demand & Without Apology Event in NYC

Published: 9 March 2020

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…

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One Billion Rising India Newsletter, November-December 2021

Published: 16 January 2020

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…

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Photo Blog: On Valentine’s Day “ARTISTIC UPRISING – A CALL FOR REVOLUTIONARY LOVE” a Day of Revolutionary Love & Resistance

Published: 11 April 2017

Photo Credits: Anna Webber and Dia Dipasupil for Getty On Tuesday, 14 February, women and men throughout the US and in 200 countries worldwide will came together and RISE to end violence against all women and girls (cis, transgender and gender non-conforming) as part of V-Day’s massive annual One Billion…

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