Hundreds of Mexican Women Dance as Part of Global Campaign to Protest Violence Vs Women RT.com
go to original February 16, 2014

Hundreds of women danced in Mexico City's central square Saturday as part of the global "One Billion Rising for Justice" campaign, which aims to end violence against women. In Mexico, four in five women have experienced domestic violence, according to Andres Naime, who is coordinating the Mexico One Billion Rising for Justice campaign. According to its website, people from more than 200 countries have taken part in the campaign.

One Billion Rising: One billion women violated is an atrocity. One billion women - and men - dancing is a revolution. Join ONE BILLION RISING. A film by Eve Ensler and Tony Stroebel

About One Billion Rising

ONE IN THREE WOMEN ON THE PLANET WILL BE RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME.

ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLATED IS AN ATROCITY

ONE BILLION WOMEN DANCING IS A REVOLUTION

ONE BILLION RISING IS:

• A global strike
• An invitation to dance
• A call to men and women to refuse to participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends An act of solidarity, demonstrating to women the commonality of their struggles and their power in numbers
• A refusal to accept violence against women and girls as a given A new time and a new way of being

For more info visit the website at ONE BILLION RISING

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