OBR Sri Lanka Joins Global Campaign To Stop Violence against Women and Girls

Saturday, 09 February 2013

On 14th February 2013, One Billion Rising Sri Lanka (OBR Sri Lanka) will join with activists around the world for One Billion Rising, the largest global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.

One Billion Rising began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS.

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End Violence Against Women:”I Am Rising…”: Anoushka Shankar

January 29, 2013

Anoushka Shankar in support of One Billion Rising, a global movement to end violence against women. Anoushka Shankar, renowned musician and composer, recorded this personal and poignant message from her home in London.

Meanwhile “One Billion Rising Sri Lanka” says; “In the run up to this day, we’re organizing an online campaign to find out why you will rise; ‘REASONS TO RISE’. We invite you to send in photographs, videos, notes, blog posts, artwork, songs and anything else you can think of, telling us why you will RISE on February 14th. Please note that it can be in Sinhala, Tamil and/or English. Email your submissions in to obrsrilanka@gmail.com and we will feature them daily on the OBR page and twitter account.”

Visit their page;

http://www.facebook.com/OneBillionRisingSriLanka