V-Day Annual Report 2013 2013 | Page 15

9th and 10th graders in Caracas, VENEZUELA rose and danced Over 300 cities rose in GERMANY and thousands danced in public squares One Billion Rising is a joyous recognition of the sacred and how it must never be made profane by any person, institution or government. Violence and the oppression of women is the core wound that foreshadows all other problems in the world, from poverty to war to destruction of the environment. Rising is not only dance, it is the birth of the future. Paul Hawken Renowned Environmentalist & Author of Blessed Unrest 64 districts in BANGLADESH organized flash mobs, V-Men workshops, concerts, and theatre performances Women met in homes in SOMALIA to learn the flash mob. A march and rally took place in the city’s public courtyard, the first of its kind....and activists worked closely with traffic commissioners to ensure a ‘safe’ road to march down In AFGHANISTAN a huge march took place in Kabul Activism in art events and demonstrations were held in IRELAND 13