ACROSS 92 COUNTRIES, ACTIVISTS RISE FOR FREEDOM & CREATE THE NEW CULTURE FOR ONE BILLION RISING 2023
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ACROSS 92 COUNTRIES, ACTIVISTS RISE FOR FREEDOM & CREATE THE NEW CULTURE FOR ONE BILLION RISING 2023
One Billion Rising 2023 is a year of INSPIRATION and ASPIRATION.
April 2, 2023
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From February – April 22 (Earth Day), survivors, artists and activists in 88 countries across the globe are rising For Freedom & to Create the New Culture to address the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and racism in the world today and the destructive battle for power fought over women’s bodies and the body of the earth. They are RISING to end violence against women and girls, and calling for a radical shift in consciousness to end the global epidemic of abuse that one in three women face worldwide.
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 and 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.
One Billion Rising 2023 is a year of INSPIRATION and ASPIRATION. A year of storytelling, building communities, strengthening solidarity, sharing dreams, planting trees, creating art, honoring women and the earth, and of dancing. It is the year we will continue to ENVISION and CREATE new ways of being, seeing, living, loving and connecting. Of raising consciousness and deepening understanding. So that our freedom, our future, is rooted in truth, love, community, earth and body.
Created by a community of 47 One Billion Rising coordinators located across the globe, this year’s campaign will celebrate 10 years of OBR and 25 years of V-Day, urging communities worldwide to utilize art and activism, creative resistance events and gatherings, both online and offline, to demand an end to violence against women, girls and the planet and to shine a light on the rampant impunity and injustice that survivors most often face.
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“Women from the One Billion Rising movement, Gabriela, and the Quezon City local government performed at the Liwasang Aurora at the Quezon Memorial Circle grounds on Saturday, February 11, 2023, to celebrate the 10th year of the global movement to end violence against women (cisgender and transgender), gender diverse people, girls, and the planet. The Philippines event is one of the thousands of global events taking place in over 90 countries around the world this February, and one of over 130 Rising events taking place across the Philippines.” – @jirecarreon (Photo credit: @pinoyweekly)
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Manila, Philippines
Over 5,000 students from the St. Scholastica’s College in Manila rose and danced to bring awareness to gender-based violence, inequality, racism, poverty, and social injustice. (Photo credit: Neil Ambion/ABS-CBN News)
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