Copyright © Françoise Herrmann
Today is V-Day 2015 – A global
movement to end violence against women and girls, that is, a movement targeting
rape, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sex slavery, arising out of
Eve Ensler’s famous play The Vagina Monologues.
The V-Day non-profit organization
was founded, in 1998, in NYC, following a benefit performance of the play that
raised 250,000 USD in a single evening!
The rest is history! Every year,
performances of the play are staged on February 14th, with proceeds
benefitting shelters, and anti-violence programs, for women and girls,
survivors of violence. The organization has raised more than 100 million USD,
in 200 countries, in 48 languages, benefitting more than 13,000 organizations
against violence –using the play (Royalty free) and other creative and artistic
performances as a catalyst for action and organization.
In 2015, the VDay movement includes
a dance, drum and rise movement launched in 2003: The One Billion Rising
-- 4 Revolution, 4Justice, 4Women’s Rights, depending on location, in the bid
to stop violence again women and girls, and through them, the harshest inequities
of the world. The One Billion number
stands for a shocking statistic: one billion women will experience violence
in the world during their life time, that is, 1 in 3 women worldwide.
Check out your local area for events
to break the chain of violence, to Dance! Drum! and Rise!
Below, the official video of the One Billion Rising song and choreography performed worldwide that will perhaps inspire you!
Maldives (official) http://youtu.be/F2uTqLQVFko
And One Billion Rising around the world..… !!....
Below, the official video of the One Billion Rising song and choreography performed worldwide that will perhaps inspire you!
Maldives (official) http://youtu.be/F2uTqLQVFko
And One Billion Rising around the world..… !!....
In Chicago: http://youtu.be/WEsKjqGBdk8
In Kinshasa
(Congo) http://youtu.be/u4YJZ2NB4Vk
References
Eve Ensler http://www.eveensler.org/
Ensler, E. (2014) O.P.C (Obsessive Political Correctness). Directed by
Pesha Rudnick.
Ensler, E. (2011) Emotional Creature: The secret lives of girls around
the world. New York, NY Villard Books.
Ensler, E. (2007) Insecure at last: A political memoir. New York,
NY: Villard Books.
Ensler, E. (2005) The Good Body. New York, NY: Villard Books
Ensler, E. (2001) The Vagina Monologues. New York, NY: Villard Books.
Epstein, A. and V. Farrel (2003) V-Day: Until the violence stops. Lifetime
Television. 73 minutes.
Vday : http://www.vday.org/
Onbillionrising: http://www.onebillionrising.org/
Vday : http://www.vday.org/
Onbillionrising: http://www.onebillionrising.org/
Breaking the male code: After
Steubenville, a call to action: http://www.vday.org/node/3054.html#.VN-Y2PnF_ts
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