One Billion Rising – Solidarity against exploitation of women
NAWO, the European Women’s Lobby, and their members all over Europe will be #RISING on February 14th, taking a stand against the sexual exploitation of women and girls.
One Billion Rising is the largest mass action to end violence against women in human history. The campaign, launched on Valentine’s Day 2012, began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women across the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime – a total of one billion women.
2017’s One Billion Rising takes the theme of Revolution, a theme that encompasses creative and artistic expression, multi-sectoral involvement, people from all walks of life and with all kinds of ideas in this demand for global revolution. Revolution ‘brings everyone from the personal to the political – from the “I” to the “We”. It harnesses collective energy because it is hopeful and envisions possibilities and a future’.
One Billion Rising: Revolution takes as its focus the exploitation of women and girls. This year, the aim is to present a unified front to governments, institutions of authority, and other positions of power, demanding a change in attitudes towards and legislation about exploitation worldwide.
Anyone can #RISE, anywhere, in any form, on Tuesday 14th November. Join the campaign here, share your involvement on social media, and connect with billions of other open-minded, active, “disruptive” people worldwide. Use these artistic visuals from the European Women’s Lobby and the hashtags #1BillionRising, #RiseInSolidarity, #EndDemand, #ListenToSurvivors, #Youth4Abolition, #StopSexualExploitation.
Celebrate women’s solidarity, strength, creativity and togetherness by posting your own ideas, your own creative revolutionary art, your own #RISE!
— “our global dance of connection is both a disruption and a commitment to do everything in our power to keep building this new world – a world of equality, freedom, peace and dignity” —
