One Billion Rising Campaign - Feb 14,2013

 

2013 Feb 14 is not only celebrated as Valentine Day but also as ''One Billion Rising Day''across the world to raise awareness about the case of violence against  women

One billion women are being called upon to stand up and rise in a demand to stop violence against women across the world on Feb 14, 2013. In South Asia, the time of rising is between 1300 (1 PM) and 1800 (6 PM)

 The organization that kick started the campaign –V Daycame into being on Valentine’s Day in 1998 due to the efforts of Eve Ensler and a group of women in New York City.

In 2012, V-Day decided to launch the campaign of 'One Billion Rising'. When United Nation reported that 1 in 3 women on the planet, that is one billion women, will face violence – beaten or raped – in their lifetime, V-Day decided to invite one billion women across the world to stand up against violence – “walk out, dance, rise up, and demand an end to this violence” on February 14th, 2013 – the date of V-Day’s 15th Anniversary.