V-Day

This Earth Day, come together and experience the musical uprising for the Earth at BAM in NYC.

One night only!
Wednesday, April 22nd

Get your tickets today at BAM.org

To learn more about the Dear Everything, visit deareverythingonstage.org.

#DearEverything #DearEverythingOnstage #VDay

Just out – TimeOut New York spotlights Actor, Activist and V-Board Member – "Jane Fonda is starring in a one-night-only rock musical at BAM on Earth Day": bit.ly/4bdDBZG

•Tickets on sale now at bam.org/dear-everything.
•Visit deareverythingonstage.org for more info about the project.

"Women advocates led by GABRIELA-Cebu gathered at Carbon Public Market in Cebu City to commemorate International Working Women’s Day." – Rappler, Philippines

🎥: Jacqueline Hernandez/Rappler

"A moment that looks even more powerful from above, OBR!

Over 130 people, a market square, music – & so much shared energy. For a few minutes, the market square became a stage where we danced together & made a visible statement." – (🎥) @tanz_an (Schwebheim, Germany)

"From Africa to the world in commemoration of yesterday's International Women's Day!" – One Billion Rising Africa

Together we RISE! JOIN US: onebillionrising.org

📸: Botswana, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Lesotho

#InternationalWomensDay #VDay #1BillionRising #UntilTheViolenceStops

"From Africa to the world in commemoration of yesterday's International Women's Day!" – One Billion Rising Africa

Together we RISE! JOIN US: onebillionrising.org

📸: Gabon, South Africa, Malawi, Zambia

#InternationalWomensDay #VDay #1BillionRising #UntilTheViolenceStops

"Some highlights of the 'Eswatini Cultural Festival on Ending GBV'. As we commemorated International Women’s Day, we must ensure that we promote gender equality. This includes doing away with toxic cultural practices that discriminate against women & girls."– Colani Hlatjwako, OBR Africa Coordinator

São Paulo, Brazil, RISING on International Women's Day

"We used dance as a form of protest. We participated in another edition of OBR, uniting voices and bodies in defense of freedom and for an end to all forms of violence against girls and women, with and without disabilities." – @ientrerodas

India RISES in 2026

"100 Umbrellas - 300 Voices - One Rising

Under a canopy of 100 hand-painted umbrellas, the village of Jyothipalya rose for gender justice..." – One Billion Rising India

#VDay #1BillionRising #UntilTheViolenceStops

Around the World, We RISE – International Women’s Day 2026

The World Is Rising for Our Bodies, Our Earth, Our Future.

Together, we RISE – with joy, creativity, courage, and solidarity.

Read our full statement: www.instagram.com/p/DVmDYyjj5g...

JOIN US: onebillionrising.org

Around the World, We RISE – International Women’s Day 2026

The World Is Rising for Our Bodies, Our Earth, Our Future.

Together, we RISE – with joy, creativity, courage, and solidarity.

Read our full statement: www.instagram.com/p/DVmDYyjj5g...

JOIN US: onebillionrising.org

One Billion Rising activists are RISING in Sierra Leone, Lesotho, Mongolia, Thailand, the Philippines, Japan, Germany, Austria, and countless other cities around the world. RISE FOR OUR BODIES, OUR FUTURE, OUR EARTH.

JOIN the movement: onebillionrising.org

Where are YOU rising?

One Billion Rising activists are RISING in Sierra Leone, Lesotho, Mongolia, Thailand, the Philippines, Japan, Germany, Austria, and countless other cities around the world. RISE FOR OUR BODIES, OUR FUTURE, OUR EARTH.

JOIN the movement: onebillionrising.org

Where are YOU rising?

One Billion Rising activists are RISING in Sierra Leone, Lesotho, Mongolia, Thailand, the Philippines, Japan, Germany, Austria, and countless other cities around the world. RISE FOR OUR BODIES, OUR FUTURE, OUR EARTH.

JOIN the movement: onebillionrising.org

Where are YOU rising?

Serbia is RISING!

"The Center for Girls, the Roma Women's Association Osvik and the Women Against Violence Network invite you to join the march we are organizing on the occasion of March 8th - International Women's Day. See you on March 7th." – @centarzadevojke, Niš

📸: Marija Virijević

S Africa RISES in 2026!

"What does rising for safety mean for a young person? All we want in Cape Flats in the Western Cape is for young people to feel safe. One event of artistic rising where they rose for freedom and safety for the whole world." – Lucinda Evans, OBR S Africa Coord

"Malawi Rising! Gender-based violence is a serious crisis both in Africa and globally!" – Colani Hlatjwako, One Billion Rising Africa Coordinator

JOIN the movement: onebillionrising.org

#VDay #1BillionRising #UntilTheViolenceStops

Activists at the Esperanza Dance Project RISE in 2026. Tucson, we see you!

"Thanks to all who attended this year’s Tucson chapter of OBR! It was an empowering morning of poetry, dance, & discussion. Together, we will continue to fight for OUR BODIES, OUR EARTH, OUR FUTURE." – @esperanzadanceaz

OBR Mongolia activists are RISING in Ulaanbaatar.

"LET’S GATHER, CREATE & MARCH TOGETHER! A COMMUNITY GATHERING for women’s freedom is coming on 7 March" – @btifulhearts

We are devastated by the killing of our beloved friend, Iraqi feminist leader Yanar Mohammed, co-founder of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), who was shot outside her home in Baghdad on Monday.

Read more about Yanar: vday.link/yanarmohammed

#RestInPower #YanarMohammed

Dancing, breaking the chain, RISING. Santa Barbara RISES in 2026.

"We danced to Break the Chain in support of One Billion Rising & in order to break the cycle of violence against women. Standing in our power, and connecting with our sisters all around the world." – @worlddanceforhumanity (CA, USA)

"I WILL NEVER LEAVE AND ABANDON MY CHILDREN. You can’t separate mothers from their babies. No matter how difficult the situation is, they will always choose to leave with their children. If you leave them behind, you will follow them one day."– Colani Hlatjwako, One Billion Rising Africa Coordinator

SE Asian Women RISE in 2026.

"In SE Asia, where extreme flooding & landslides have ravaged & displaced entire communities, women environmental defenders continue to stand on the frontlines in the fight against the climate crisis, rising for Climate Justice." – @jass.sea

SE Asian Women RISE in 2026.

"In SE Asia, where extreme flooding & landslides have ravaged & displaced entire communities, women environmental defenders continue to stand on the frontlines in the fight against the climate crisis, rising for Climate Justice." – @jass.sea

SE Asian Women RISE in 2026.

"In SE Asia, where extreme flooding & landslides have ravaged & displaced entire communities, women environmental defenders continue to stand on the frontlines in the fight against the climate crisis, rising for Climate Justice." – @jass.sea

Art & Activism through Dancing & JOY – this is One Billion Rising Austria!

“Dancing for a good cause with our Synergy Crew + Friends. One Passion - One Community.” – (🎥) @isabella_leutgeb, Linz

#VDay #1BillionRising #UntilTheViolenceStops

Cambodia is RISING.

"See you soon at the OBR campaign! This rally of solidarity has been ongoing since 2013 & we will continue to rise & celebrate together in showing our strong will to end all forms of violence against women & girls in all their diversity." – OBR Cambodia

Together we RISE.

One Billion Rising Fiji activists are ready to RISE in Suva, Albert Park.

Survivors, artists & activists are rising through creative resistance events around the globe from now through Earth Day.

Are YOU ready to Rise?

JOIN US! Visit: onebillionrising.org

OBR activists from Bondhu Collective based in Kolkata, India, RISE in 2026.

"We were there for OBR with our performance work. 'Kabutar [Pigeon]' – a performance dance by Bondhu Collective for OBR."

How are YOU rising?

🎥: @bondhu_collective

Art & Activism – raw moments, fleeting glimpses of a Polish artistic rising through movement and dance. One Billion Rising Bytom 2026!

#VDay #1BillionRising #UntilTheViolenceStops