One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence) in human history. The campaign, which launched on Valentine’s Day 2013, began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS.
A team of One Billion Rising coordinators around the globe engage their communities, cities, countries, and regions to work to end violence against all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence) mobilizing their networks – local organizations, activists, alliances, individuals, and artists – to RISE, amplifying the issues that affect women in their community.
Monique Wilson is one of the Philippine’s veteran theatre and film actresses having acted professionally since the age of nine. At 18 she starred as the lead role in the original London West End production of Miss Saigon. In…
Taína Asili is a U.S.-born Puerto Rican singer, composer, interdisciplinary artist, and educator carrying on the tradition of her ancestors, fusing past and present struggles into one soulful and defiant voice. Echoing powerful calls for love and liberation, Asili delivers…
Abha Bhaiya is one of the founder members of Jagori, a feminist organization set up in 1984 in Delhi. She has been active in women’s movements in India for nearly 40 years. She has been working on range of issues…
“Mrs. Massaran is coordinating the 2020 rising in Mali to put femicide and gender based violence at the center of national concerns in Mali. The aim is to encourage victims to speak up and to seek legal protection from femicide…
Nicoletta Billi has been working in cinema as a PUBLICIST on an international level for many years. After working (from 1980 to 1984) for Gaumont Press Office in Italy, she worked as a free-lance publicist for HENRY IV by Marco…
Committed for a few months in Civic Service at the Catholic Committee for the fight against Hunger and for Development (CCFD Terre Solidaire) where she contributes to education for citizenship and international solidarity. With a bachelor degree in private law,…
Rada is a feminist linguist and activist. She is currently the director at the Centre for Women’s Studies in Zagreb and a lecturer and trainer on feminist issues. Rada was the former program coordinator of Center for women war victims…
Roshika Deo is the Pacific and NZ Regional Coordinator for One Billion Rising supporting local groups and activists in mobilizing for women’s rights and gender equality. She has been involved in OBR since its inception and continues to be a…
One Billion Rising Coordinator for Nigeria, OMODELE IBITOYE EJEH, is an activist with about 18 years of counseling experience and a counseling teacher. She is the founder of Vision for Sanity, a youth based initiative established in the year 2003,…
Chandy Eng (she/her) is an advocacy & networking program manager, Gender & Development for Cambodia (GADC), a Cambodian non-profit organization focused on gender equality as a human right. She holds a degree in Law/ELBBL from the Royal University of Law &…
Lucinda Evans, is a Khoisan Woman from Lavender Hill in the Western Cape for South Africa. She has been volunteering for 30 Years in various projects and the bulk of her time has been spend on Gender Base Violence Prevention…
GABRIELA is a grassroots-based alliance of more than 200 organizations, institutions, desks and programs based in communities, workplaces and schools throughout all regions and major provinces and cities in the Philippines. It also has chapters in eight countries outside of…
Irene //Garoës is a Feminist and a community mobiliser from a small village called Leonardville in the eastern part of Namibia. She is passionate about feminist movement building on the rural level with marginalised groups of women in Namibia. She…
I am a Director of Public and Media Relations at NPO Blue Sky (Children-Human rights-Nonviolence) and CAP (Child Assault Prevention) facilitator. I have been working as a video director of various kinds of theme like human rights, sexual education and…
Colani Hlatjwako is the Africa Regional Coordinator of the One Billion Rising Campaign. This is a global campaign aimed at ending violence against women and girls. Currently Colani is coordinating 17 countries (Swaziland/Eswatini, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Lesotho, Kenya, Uganda,…
In 1972, immediately after the liberation of Bangladesh, Khushi joined one of the first Bangladeshi NGOs and became the first woman to be based in the field to live and work with rural marginalized women and men, in some of…
Name: Alice Kachere Country: Malawi Occupation: farmer Other position : chairperson rural women’s assembly Malawi chapter Qualification: Junior certificate of education Trained as an advocate woman by FANRPAN Others: Female brand ambassador for women food climate justice campaign Women committee…
Aiko Kazuko Kurosaki is a performance artist, choreographer and dancer, born in Japan and based in Vienna, Austria. She realises her works at the intersection between performing and fine arts with the main focus on social and environmental topics. She…
Libakiso Matlho is the Executive Director at Women and Law in Southern Africa Research and Education Trust – Lesotho (WLSA). She is an Advocate, a former Lecturer at NUL and a renowned human rights and women’s rights scholar and gender…
Master trainer on women customary land rights in Sierra Leone. With more than 15 years professional experience in the areas of Advocacy, research, gender (women, youth and children’s issues), HIV/AIDS, human Rights, Economic Policy Analyst, experience in designing and conducting…
Ms Queen Mosarwe’s vision is to see a Botswana where women are accorded same opportunities as their male counterparts, where women are recognised on merit and not the gender ticket. She believes women and children are to be protected, respected,…
Sangeeta Nambiar is a theatre director and an activist. She has produced, written and directed over 25 plays, 1 award-winning feature film (A Gran Plan) and 6 short films. She has tutored hundreds of students, many of who have gone…
Eunice Naw is a gender activist who is working as a Senior Program Officer (Gender and Livelihoods) at SWISSAID Myanmar organization. She belongs to Karen ethnic group. She has finished her graduate program (Bachelor of Theology) with the research topic…
Vickenzie Gifty Ofei, is a 43 year old mother of 4 who has been in activism for the past 5 years. She is the Coordinator of One Billion Rising Ghana, Country Director of Iriseghana and has used her organization to…
“In 2020, we will be dancing and educating society about consent for intimate relations. Our slogan is “Only YES means consent. Sex without consent is RAPE”. We want Polish society, lawyers, and politicians to change the definition of rape in…
Rita is a Gabonese woman. Reducing inequalities is one of her favorite subjects. This is surely the reason why, in 2010, she created a correct play space for children from disadvantaged neighborhoods. Unfortunately, for personal reasons, she had to close…
One Billion Rising Coordinator for Italy, LUISA RIZZITELLI, is a professional communications and public relations expert, trainer, event manager and institutional relations expert. In addition, Luisa is the creator and coordinator of “Better Place”, training project for companies and public…
My name is Aminatou Saher. I am a 42 years old, self-taught entrepreneur in my country. My company provides marketing materials and both domestic and industrial lighting products. Coming from a large family, with 10 brothers and sisters I always…
(Ms) Joms Salvador is the Secretary General of GABRIELA Philippines, the biggest and broadest women’s organization in the Philippines that has for nearly four decades worked for women’s rights and welfare of women. She started her involvement with GABRIELA in…
Christine has called Bukavu her home all her life. She oversees all aspects of V-Day’s work on the ground in the DRC, including the City of Joy and coordinating campaign activities on the local, provincial, and national levels. She is…
Nyasha Sengayi is one Billion Rising Global Coordinator for Zimbabwe. The campaign has offered a wider movement building space for women’s rights work in Zimbabwe. She is also the founding director of Source International. An organisation employing campaign based programming…
Janka Striffler was born in 1968 and grew up in Southern Germany together with 3 sisters. This experience created a learning space for the subjects of women solidarity and community that have shaped and guided her life to this day….
I am Shiela Tebia-Bonifacio. I am a founding member of KAMIYAN ( Kabataang Anak ng Migrante) in 1998 or known today “Migrante Youth”. I currently working as a migrant domestic workers in HK for 13 years. I am the Chairperson of…
Rita founded and led Tewa (1995/2001), the Nepal Women’s Fund and Nagarik Aawaz (2001/2009) the peace-building initiative. She envisioned the Tewa Center and brought it to fruition leading all related fundraising campaigns for the same (2011 – 2017). Since 2018,…
Maureen Samulela Tresha is the National Coordinator for one billion Rising , Zambia. She is also the National Director at Women and law in Southern Africa (WLSA), Lecturer at Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education, and Commissioner at Small Claims…
Ms. Madeeha is a feminist and women rights activist working for last 13 years in development sector on various positions and advocating for survivors of violence and their rights at different forums across Pakistan and represented Pakistan internationally on different…
“In 2020, I am raising the vibration in Jamaica to Raise Yuh Voice in solidarity for a Violence Free Jamaica for all. The death toll of women, girls, and LGBTQ people from violent deaths is at an all-time high. In…
Ms. WANG, Yueh-Hao is the Chief Executive Officer of the Garden of Hope Foundation (GOH) starting from March, 2020. She has been advocating for women and girls’ rights in the Garden of Hope for over 30 years. Before her current…
Triana K. Wardani (she/her) is a secretary-general of SERUNI (Serikat Perempuan Indonesia), a national women’s organization in Indonesia that focused on gender equality and a better life for the people. She holds a degree in Agriculture from Brawijaya University. In…
Kamala Vasuki (Vasuki Jeyasankar) is a feminist activist and artist from the North and East of Sri Lanka. She has been part of women’s organizations and networks who are actively claiming the rights of women in the conflict affected areas….
Passionate about Peace, Security, and Girl Child empowerment, Zulaika has 5 years’ experience working to apply rigorous analyses of local conflict dynamics to strengthen tools for conflict assessment; improve the design of community peacebuilding programs; refine systems for PVE program…
