V- Day fights violence against women
Global activist movement to end violence against women and children
TODAY marks V-Day, not Valentine’s Day, but a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls started by author, playwright and activist Eve Ensler.
It has been coordinated since 1998, which allows royalty-free performances of The Vagina Monologues to be held for charity on 14 February every year to raise money to benefit female victims of violence and sexual abuse.
Ensler has been quoted as saying that it was women’s reactions to the play that inspired her and her colleagues to launch V-Day.
Since its inception, the movement has expanded its use of art and activism to include screenings and reading, most notably of the documentary Until The Violence Stops (2004) and the compilation A Memory, Monologue, A Rant, and a Prayer.
V-Day’s vision is ‘a world where women live safely and freely’.
They aim is to tackle issues such as rape and battery of women, incest, female genital mutilation and human trafficking of female sex slaves.
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