ONE BILLION RISING
1 in 3 women across the planet will be beaten
or raped during her lifetime.
THAT’S ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS.
EVERY FEBRUARY, WE RISE—in hundreds of countries across the world—to show our
local communities and the world what one billion looks like and shine a light on the rampant
impunity and injustice that survivors most often face. We rise through dance to express joy and
community and to celebrate the fact that we have not been defeated by this violence. We rise
to show we are determined to create a new kind of consciousness—one where violence will be
resisted until it is unthinkable.
THIS YEAR WE ROSE FOR REVOLUTION
Since 2013, One Billion Rising has put out the call to overhaul, challenge and demand change
in a social system that inflicts so many forms of violence and injustice on women. For the third
year in a row, women, men and youth took part in the One Billion Rising campaign, leading and
participating in actions, dance, political and artistic events, and rallies—or risings—in hundreds
of countries on (and around) the date of 14 February. These risings highlighted, sparked and
mobilized artistic and community-driven actions to bring in a new revolutionary world of equality,
dignity and freedom for all women and girls.
The 2015 campaign was envisioned collectively by the global coordinators at a gathering in
Rome in Spring 2014. Their shared voices—from regions around the world—came to a unanimous decision to focus on revolution and change as an escalation of our demand to end violence against women and girls once and for all.
One Billion Rising Revolution is an escalation of the first two stages of our campaign—One
Billion Rising and One Billion Rising for Justice. We’ve danced. We’ve demanded justice. Now we
are demanding CHANGES.
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