RISE 2019: From a Campaign to a Way of Life

Thousands of Risings calling for an end to violence against all women and girls, led by grassroots activists in every country, are happening around the globe – and will continue through International Women’s Day, 8 March.

Rising in the streets putting their bodies and lives on the line. RISING to end sexual violence in all its forms – rape, battery, incest, sexual harassment, female genital mutilation, sexual slavery and trafficking, child marriage, femicide, sexual-gender and reproductive oppression and violence towards LGBTQIA+ communities – and RISING to end the systemic violence, oppression and exploitation of all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender based violence) in the context of capitalism, colonization, racism, imperialism, environmental plunder and war.

This year activists were braver, went deeper, studied, listened, asked difficult questions, engaged, took action & pushed themselves out of their comfort zones physically and intellectually. Because Rising is no longer a campaign it is a way of life.

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RISING
Afghanistan
American Samoa
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
CHILE
COLOMBIA
Congo
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Fiji
Finland
France
GABON
Gambia
Germany
Greece
Guam
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
HONDURAS
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Kosovo
Lebanon
LESOTHO
Liberia
Lithuania
Malaysia
Maldives
MALI
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
MOZAMBIQUE
Myanmar
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Saint Lucia
San Marino
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
TANZANIA
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
UAE
Uganda
United Kingdom
Uruguay
USA
Venezuela
Virgin Islands, U.S.
ZAMBIA
Zimbabwe

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