AFTER THE RISING
One Billion Rising 2013 was the beginning of the new
world ignited by a new energy. It was not the end of
a struggle but the escalation of it. One Billion Rising
became the world’s defiant and celebratory collective
response to demand an end to violence against women.
IMPACT
Governments, politicians, and renowned figures from
around the world, including His Holiness the Dalai
Lama, First Lady of Nepal, the Mayor of Lima, the
Prime Minister of Australia, the President of Croatia,
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Los Angeles
City Council, British MP Stella Creasy, Vice President
of the European Parliament Isabelle Durant
(Belgium), Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee joined the campaign.
One Billion Rising galvanized and empowered
legislators to generate legislation in support of
ending violence against women – and demanding
that pro- women legislation be the priority of
governments and international councils – from
VAWA in the United States, to the introduction of
legislation for national sex education in schools in
the UK, to protesting national policies that allow
local and foreign militarization that affect women in
the Philippines, to the European Parliament voting
on the resolution on “Elimination and Prevention of
all forms of Violence Against Women and Girls.”
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ONE BILLION RISING GAVE BIRTH TO?A GLOBAL SOLIDARITY
Reigniting unanimity between women’s organizations
in various countries and rekindling the ethos of
sisterhood amongst women on a global scale. It
became a venue to show strong cohesion among
women and men around the globe – allowing national
and international barriers to fade away. It mobilized
creative energy across all nations – linking artists,
women’s groups, young people, grassroots women,
legislators, writers, activists – and where artistic
and creative initiatives were born.