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One Billion Rising For Justice is a call to women, men, and youth around the world to gather safely on 14 February 2014 outside places where they are entitled to justice – court houses, police stations, government offices, school administration buildings, work places, sites of environmental injustice, military courts, embassies, places of worship, homes, or simply public gathering places where women deserve to feel safe but too often do not. The campaign is a recognition that we cannot end violence against women without looking at the intersection of poverty, racism, war, the plunder of the environment, capitalism, imperialism, and patriarchy. Impunity lives at the heart of these interlocking forces. It is a call to survivors to dance across every country, break the silence, release their stories, acknowledge the truth in solidarity and community, and bring on revolutionary justice. Just like One Billion Rising in 2013, we want the world to see the power of global solidarity, transcending borders, class, age, race, culture, and gender. ENVISIONING JUSTICE One Billion Rising For Justice was envisioned by international Regional Coordinators at a gathering in New York City in April 2013. The focus on justice stems from the systematic and endemic global impunity for perpetrators of violence against women and girls that is occurring on local, national, and international levels. A unanimous decision was made to focus on justice as an escalation of our demand to end violence against women and girls once and for all. GLOBAL COORDINATORS One Billion Rising Global Coordinators are activists based around the world who are engaging their communities, cities, countries, and regions to be a part of One Billion Rising For Justice. Many of these women and men coordinated efforts in 2013, and as long-time activists and V-Day organizers they have the skills, networks, and ability to help guide local organizations, individuals, lawyers, unions, and alliances with their participation in the campaign. They will strategize, create, and promote One Billion Rising For Justice all over the world. GLOBAL COORDINATORS LOCATIONS Balkans: Albania, Bosnia?& Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Former Yugoslavia • Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,?Panama • European Union? • Germany • Italy • Mexico?• Pakistan • Philippines • Somalia • Sudan • South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela • Southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe • South Asia: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka • United Kingdom • USA: Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, Santa Fe and San Francisco. 39