HOW WE GOT ONE BILLION TO RISE:
THE POWER OF GLOBAL SOLIDARITY
GLOBAL COORDINATORS
V-Day engaged over 40 anti-violence leaders
spanning the globe as Global Coordinators. They
organized One Billion Rising in their respective
countries and regions, bringing together their extensive
networks, groups and alliances – and linking the
campaign across continents through common issues
and goals. Coordinators conducted outreach and
education programs on violence against women
issues in their own cultural, social, and political
contexts, translated materials and the campaign
toolkit into regional languages, fundraised for their
events, invited local celebrities, government officials,
artists, writers, educators, and high profile women
and men to be part of their local campaigns, and
utilized their connections to build extensive mass
media campaigns.
One Billion Rising Coordinators galvanized their
communities and countries in: Bangladesh, Bosnia
(former Yugoslavia), Brussels (European Women’s
Lobby), Canada, Croatia, France, The Gambia,
Germany, Italy, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, The Philippines,
South Africa, South Asia (India, Nepal, Afghanistan,
Sri Lanka, Maldives), Spain, Somalia, Sudan, United
Kingdom, United States (Atlanta, California, Chicago,
DC, New York) and Zimbabwe.
Monique Wilson, Global Coordinator for The Philippines
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