STRIKE/ DANCE/ RISE! FEB 14th 2013
ONE BILLION RISING IS AN INTERNATIONAL CALL.
ONE IN THREE WOMEN ON THE PLANET IS RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME.
ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLATED IS AN ATROCITY
ONE BILLION WOMEN RISING AGAINST VIOLENCE IS A REVOLUTION
14th February 2013,ONE BILLION Women across the World and those who love them have decided to RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this violence.ONE BILLION RISING will move the earth.activating women and men across every country.We want the World to see our collective strength, our numbers,our solidarity across borders.
What does ONE BILLION look like? On 14th FEB 2013, it will look like a REVOLUTION.
ONE BILLION RISING IS:
A Global Strike
An invitation to rise and celebrate and Dance
A call to Men and Women to Refuse to Participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends.
An act of solidarity,demonstrating to women the commonality of their struggle and their power in Numbers
A Refusal to accept violence against women and girls as a given
A new time and a new way of being
Anhad, Jansanskriti, Guru Gobind Singh IP University, National Law University, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, Bharat Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar University, Maxfort School, Queens Valley School and ANHLGT are participating in ONE BILLION RISING.
Welcome Address: Prof Ranbir Singh, VC, National Law University
Street Play by students of Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Science, Dwarka
Skit by students of Guru Gobind Singh IP University
Skit by students of Maxfort School
Mime by students of Queen’s Valley school
Folk Dance by students of school from Govt Girls Senior School, Bhalout, Rohtak
Dance Drama by Jansanskriti – RK Puram
Dance performance especially prepared for the event by Gauri Divakar and other members of Dristikon, Aditi Mangaldas’ Dance troupe
Collaborative performance especially prepared for the event by Avani Sethi and Dhruv Sangari
Poetry Recitation by: Somita Bajpayee
Video screenings: One Billion Rising – V day, Video by students of University School of Mass Communication, Guru Gobind Singh IP University, Video by Progressive Film, Mumbai & Dwarka
Presentation by: Lokita Yadav & Aishwarya Jain from Bhaskaracharya College
Talks by : Vrinda Grover- Senior advocate, Mayashree , Prof Mrinal Satish -National Law University
Exhibition: Photographs by Manjesh Rana, Paintings by children organised by ANHLGT, paintings by College of Art students submitted by Apne AAP
Come and Dance on Own Dwarka One Billion Rising Song written by Gauhar Raza and set to music by Parul Bhatnagar music teacher, Maxfort School
