V-Day Annual Report 2016 - ONE BILLION RISING: RISE FOR REVOLUTION 1 | Page 7

FOR THE FOURTH YEAR,
ACTIVISTS IN OVER
200 COUNTRIES
rose up to demand an end to violence against women and
girls as part of the global One Billion Rising (OBR) movement,
the biggest mass action to end violence against women in
human history that launched on Valentine’s Day 2012. The
idea of One Billion Rising stems from the gut-wrenching
statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or
raped during her lifetime, adding up to more than one billion
women and girls. With the tagline ‘Listen, Act, Rise,’ this
year’s theme and call to action was created by the One Billion
Rising global coordinators who came to the unanimous
decision to escalate the actions worldwide and amplify the
voices of marginalized women and communities.