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One Billion Rising

Index One Billion Rising

One Billion Rising is a global movement, founded by Eve Ensler, to end rape and sexual violence against women. [1]

44 relations: Aamir Khan, Anne Hathaway, Anne-Christine d'Adesky, Anoushka Shankar, Bollywood, British people, Columbia Law School, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Critical race theory, Democracy Now!, Dylan McDermott, Eve Ensler, Feminist movement, Government agency, Intergovernmental organization, International non-governmental organization, Isatou Touray, Jane Fonda, Jason Day (actor), Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Kyiv Post, Labour and Co-operative, List of anti-sexual assault organizations in the United States, Marisa Tomei, New Delhi, Non-governmental organization, Post-assault treatment of sexual assault victims, Rape and pregnancy statement controversies in United States elections, 2012, Robert Redford, Rosario Dawson, Satyamev Jayate (TV series), School-to-prison pipeline, Sexual violence, Social movement, Stella Creasy, The Guardian, The Vagina Monologues, Todd Akin, UCLA School of Law, United Nations, V-Day (movement), Violence Against Women Act, War on Women, 2012 Delhi gang rape.

Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan (born Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan on 14 March 1965) is an Indian film actor, producer, director and television talk show host.

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Anne Hathaway

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress and singer.

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Anne-Christine d'Adesky

Anne-Christine d'Adesky is an American journalist and activist of French and Haitian descent.

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Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar (Bengali: অনুষ্কা শঙ্কর) (born 9 June 1981) is a British Indian sitar player and composer.

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Bollywood

Hindi cinema, often metonymously referred to as Bollywood, is the Indian Hindi-language film industry, based in the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Maharashtra, India.

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British people

The British people, or the Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School (often referred to as Columbia Law or CLS) is a professional graduate school of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League.

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Connaught Place, New Delhi

Connaught Place is one of the largest financial, commercial and business centres in New Delhi, India.

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Critical race theory

Critical race theory (CRT) is a theoretical framework in the social sciences that uses critical theory to examine society and culture as they relate to categorizations of race, law, and power.

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Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is an hour-long American TV, radio and internet news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González.

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Dylan McDermott

Dylan McDermott (born Mark Anthony McDermott; October 26, 1961) is an American actor.

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Eve Ensler

Eve Ensler (born May 25, 1953) is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.

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Feminist movement

The feminist movement (also known as the women's movement, or simply feminism) refers to a series of political campaigns for reforms on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women's suffrage, sexual harassment, and sexual violence, all of which fall under the label of feminism and the feminist movement.

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Government agency

A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency.

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Intergovernmental organization

An intergovernmental organization or international governmental organisation (IGO) is an organization composed primarily of sovereign states (referred to as member states), or of other intergovernmental organizations.

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International non-governmental organization

An international non-governmental organization (INGO) has the same mission as a non-governmental organization (NGO), but it is international in scope and has outposts around the world to deal with specific issues in many countries.

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Isatou Touray

Isatou Touray (born 17 March 1955) is an African feminist activist from the Gambia.

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Jane Fonda

Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru.

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Jason Day (actor)

Jason Cuthbert Day del Solar (born July 8, 1985 in Lima), is a Peruvian actor of British descent.

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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (born 1959) is an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory.

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Kyiv Post

The Kyiv Post is Ukraine's oldest English language newspaper.

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Labour and Co-operative

Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated Labour Co-op; Llafur a’r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party.

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List of anti-sexual assault organizations in the United States

The following is a list of anti-sexual assault organizations in the United States.

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Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) is an American-Italian actress.

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New Delhi

New Delhi is an urban district of Delhi which serves as the capital of India and seat of all three branches of Government of India.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Post-assault treatment of sexual assault victims

After a sexual assault or rape, victims are often subjected to scrutiny and, in some cases, mistreatment.

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Rape and pregnancy statement controversies in United States elections, 2012

During the 2012 United States election cycle, in federal and state elections, a series of controversies arose as a result of statements by Republican Party candidates about rape, pregnancy, contraception, abortion, and related topics.

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Robert Redford

Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor, director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, and philanthropist.

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Rosario Dawson

Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress, producer, singer, comic book writer, and political activist.

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Satyamev Jayate (TV series)

Satyamev Jayate (italic) is an Indian television talk show aired on various channels within Star Network along with Doordarshan's DD National.

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School-to-prison pipeline

In the United States, the school-to-prison pipeline (SPP), also known as the school-to-prison link or the schoolhouse-to-jailhouse track, is the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated, because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies.

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Sexual violence

Sexual violence is any sexual act or attempt to obtain a sexual act by violence or coercion, acts to traffic a person or acts directed against a person's sexuality, regardless of the relationship to the victim.

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Social movement

A social movement is a type of group action.

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Stella Creasy

Stella Judith Creasy (born 5 April 1977) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the London constituency of Walthamstow since the 2010 general election.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Vagina Monologues

The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler which developed and premiered at HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway in New York and was followed by an Off-Broadway run in 1996 at Westside Theatre.

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Todd Akin

William Todd Akin (born July 5, 1947) is an American politician who is a former U.S. Representative for, serving from 2001 to 2013.

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UCLA School of Law

The University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, also referred to as UCLA School of Law and UCLA Law, is the law school of UCLA, located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.

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V-Day (movement)

V-Day, February 14, is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls started by author, playwright and activist Eve Ensler.

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Violence Against Women Act

The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law (Title IV, sec. 40001-40703 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act) signed as by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994 (codified in part at 42 U.S.C. sections 13701 through 14040).

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War on Women

War on Women is an slogan in United States politics used to describe certain Republican Party policies and legislation as a wide-scale effort to restrict women's rights, especially reproductive rights.

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2012 Delhi gang rape

The 2012 Delhi gang rape case involved a rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December 2012 in Munirka, a neighbourhood in South Delhi.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Billion_Rising

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