One Billion Rising

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One trillion Rising (OBR) ( English for One billion rising ) is a worldwide campaign for an end to violence against women and girls and for equality. It was initiated in September 2012 by the New York artist and feminist Eve Ensler . The "one billion" points to a UN statistic according to which one in three women is either raped or the victim of serious bodily harm in their lifetime. The campaign was started as part of the V-Day movement. It is one of the largest campaigns in the world to end violence against women. The events now take place in over 200 countries, mainly in Asia and Africa.

campaign

One billion were (Engl. Worldwide trillion ) called women to strikes and protests. By leaving their homes, businesses and workplaces and dancing together in public, they should demonstrate their solidarity and common strength. The event was to take place on the 15th anniversary of the V (agina) -Day days of action against violence against women (victory over violence) on February 14, 2013 ( Valentine's Day ). The “billion” stands for the statistical statement by the UN that a third of all women and girls will be victims of violence in their life. Since then, the event has taken place annually on February 14th worldwide. In 2014 the motto of the campaign was to demand justice for victims of gender-based violence. Emphasis was also placed on the impunity that persists in crimes against the poor, victims of racism, war and imperialism, and looting of the environment.

Emergence

The campaign was initiated by Ensler after it had given the impetus for the V-Day campaign days with the publication of the vagina monologues in 1998. One of the triggers for her appeal was the remarks made by the American Republican Party politician Todd Akin about abortions , which should not end even rape pregnancies . In his opinion, the female body could prevent pregnancy on its own if it was actually rape. In August 2012 she replied in an open letter that he had given millions of women “insanely good” reasons to stand up.

Participation

Poster in Rome, Italy
One Billion Rising in Washington DC

By September 2012, people from 160 countries had agreed to participate in the campaign. More than 5000 organizations had joined the campaign. She is also supported by numerous celebrities and actors such as Jane Fonda , Anne Hathaway , Rosario Dawson , Robert Redford , Charlize Theron , Yoko Ono as well as by politicians such as Stella Creasy , member of the British Parliament, Michelle Bachelet , director of UN Women as well the MEP and Chair of the EP Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, Mikael Gustafsson and the US Democratic Party politician Nancy Pelosi . UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon expressly supported the action and made it clear that one had to get involved beyond the day. "This must be a day followed by action."

In Germany, groups in 195 cities had agreed to participate. Artists in Germany who supported the day of action are, for example, the actress Ulrike Folkerts , the rapper Sookee , who wrote the hip-hop song One Billion (“Sookie rises”) for the campaign , and the singer Joachim Witt .

On February 14, 2013, people in 205 countries, most of them women, took part in the campaign in protest marches, spontaneous happenings, and dance and art events. There were also actions all over Germany. There were several protests in Berlin : at the Brandenburg Gate (2013 with 5000 participants, 2014 with 3000 participants), Pariser Platz and on Alexanderplatz in Berlin, there with around 200 participants. But also in many other cities, such as Bremen , Hamburg , Cologne , Munich , Nuremberg , Stuttgart there was dance and drum action. The Gema -free song Break the Chain ( Break the Chain ) by Tena Clark was recorded by various singers and in several languages and was something like the common anthem of the campaign. The specially developed choreography for this could previously be rehearsed with the help of YouTube videos.

India

There were several actions in India because two months earlier a woman had been raped and mistreated so brutally by a group of men that she died, leading to a wave of protests against the everyday violence against women (see group rape in Delhi 2012 ) . In a video message, the daughter of the sitar player Ravi Shankar , Anoushka Shankar , revealed herself to be a victim of sexual abuse, also to support “One Billion Rising”. As a child, she was "sexually and emotionally" abused by a friend of the family for years. The parliament in the capital New Delhi 2,000 people danced together after the Break the Chain - choreography . There were other actions in Lucknow , Mumbai , Bhopal , Hyderabad , Calcutta and Ahmedabad . The coordinator of the movement in South Asia , the social scientist Kamla Bhasin said: “This is a movement of all parts of society - of all women who are oppressed. Every rapist comes from our families. They are not downloaded from the Internet. "

Perception in international media

The 2013 campaign was already a topic in the media in advance, alongside feminist magazines such as Emma and women's magazines such as Brigitte, above all in international daily newspapers such as the New York Times , The Guardian , El País , La Repubblica , Der Standard , The Times of India and many more.

The online editions of German print media, such as Der Tagesspiegel , Die Zeit , Der Spiegel , Focus and Der Stern , reported on the campaign day worldwide from February 14th, with a focus on the campaigns in India.

Web links

Commons : One Billion Rising  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

See also

Individual evidence

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