WMC Feature: Strike, Dance, Rise! Eve Ensler's One Billion Rising

WMC Feature: Strike, Dance, Rise! Eve Ensler's One Billion Rising By Marianne Schnall February 1, 2013 On February 14, V-Day's Eve Ensler calls on "one billion women and those who love them" to rise up to confront violence against women. I was in the room 15 years ago, when activist and playwright Eve Ensler announced her intention to use proceeds from her award winning play The Vagina Monologues as a vehicle to raise funds and awareness to stop violence against women. That night, V-Day, the global initiative to end violence against women and girls, was born. Fifteen years later, some extreme attacks have again forced the issue into the national and international spotlight, as well as into people's hearts and psyche . . . Click here to read the full article.   To read other WMC features, click here.

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