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WHRD-exerciseAt a small hotel in Tagaytay, Philippines, a diverse group of women gathered to talk, dance, and share their stories of peace building in their communities.

Some were indigenous, others, Moro (indigenous Islamic people in the southern Philippines). They came from nearby areas of Luzon, and from as far away as the southern reaches of Mindanao. Some were in their twenties, just beginning to shape their identities as defenders of human rights; others were in their fifties, looking back on decades of peace building, while looking forward to the years to come. They identified as NGO workers, community organisers, social workers, teachers, and peace activists. Some were very familiar with ideas of feminism, while others were newcomers. What they shared was a commitment to human rights and social justice.

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Here is how you can join the One Billion Rising Campaign this year, 2014.

http://www.onebillionrising.org/about/campaign/

THE CAMPAIGN

On 14 February 2013, one billion people in 207 countries rose and danced to demand an end to violence against women and girls.

On 14 February 2014*, we are escalating our efforts, calling on women and men everywhere to RISE, RELEASE, DANCE, and demand JUSTICE!

ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE is a global call to women survivors of violence and those who love them to gather safely in community outside places where they are entitled to justice – courthouses, police stations, government offices, school administration buildings, work places, sites of environmental injustice, military courts, embassies, places of worship, homes, or simply public gathering places where women deserve to feel safe but too often do not.  It is a call to survivors to break the silence and release their stories – politically, spiritually, outrageously – through art, dance, marches, ritual, song, spoken word, testimonies and whatever way feels right.

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1BRFJ-VerticalLogo-BlobORGANIZER’S GUIDE

If you have questions you can contact us, however before you do please take a look at the below guide first as your questions might already be answered here.

DON’T FORGET TO DOWNLOAD THE TOOLKIT >

ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN

  • What is One Billion Rising For Justice?
  • When is One Billion Rising For Justice?
  • Why justice? Why 14 February?
  • IN CANADA: Why 8 March?
  • Why “One Billion”?
  • Why should I join?
  • Why dance?
  • Why “Release”?

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The UN Climate Talks ended on 23 November 2013 and once again governments made little progress in dealing with climate change in any serious way.

Isis International is one of the women's groups which that been helping to mobilize women and raise awareness around the issues of climate change. The Isis Feminist Activist School on Engendering Climate Justice (2010) as part of a yearlong project where Isis endeavoured to raise awareness on Southern women's experiences of the impact of climate change, its impact on women and its linkages to other gender issues. The project aimed at surfacing southern women's perspectives and feminist analyses on climate change and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as well as strengthening feminist positions on gender and climate change in NGO-led processes.

One of the outcomes was the Gender and Climate Justice Tool Kit.

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