By Kamayani Bali Mahabal, 13TH fEB 2013
What does Februray 14 what does it stand stand for? Valentine day, right ?, no there is another connotation attached to it, this year globallY it will be the Violence free- day. The movement is aptly named ‘One Billion Rising‘, and it has been started by feminist writer, Eve Ensler, who
wrote and performed ‘The Vagina Monologues‘, 15 years ago.
The figure of one billion has been worked out on the basis of available statistics that one out of three women on this earth will
experience violence in her lifetime, which means a staggering one billion women on this planet would be impacted by violence. “Rise and dance” is the vociferous message of One Billion Rising – a global campaign demanding the end of violence against women.On February 14, there will be 13, 000 organizations in 192 countries around the world holding noisy, energetic events encouraging “activists, writers, thinkers, celebrities, women and men” to “strike, dance and rise”. In > India many cities and groups are part of OBR both from urban and rural areas
Women are not a homogenous group, The majority of the world’s poorest > people are women, who are further affected by discrimination if they belong to minority groups. Women suffer disproportionately from discriminatory labour practices and are frequently forced into underground or informal sectors. Women who are discriminated against on the basis of both gender and caste are frequently subject to violence. In armed conflicts, women are sometimes explicitly targeted because of their ethnic background. Rape and other forms of violence against women have been used as weapons of war in conflicts throughout history. Violence against women has been a major trope of the women’s > movement in India, right from the incidents of rape against women like Mathura and Rameeza Bee in the 1970s. Over the last few months, especially after the Delhi Gang Rape , One Billion Rising campaign, we have revisited this theme , coming together to recommend to Justice verma committee,. In Mumbai what t is unique about this is event is being ‘ most diverse and inclusive”, we have women representing variosy marginalized sections of our society- the disabled, dalit, sexual > minorities, muslims ,participating to say no to violence, and to also give a message that women with different needs have different rights
In Mumbai , several woman organizations, youth groups and Bollywood celebrities have come together to show Mumbai’s ‘ solidarity towards a violence-free city. The campaign one billion rising- Freedom from fear, on 14th February will be the beginning of
These one billion rising- Freedom from fear is calling all Mumbaikars to join the mass event, which has rainbow hues of music, dance, poetry, and Rap. Farhan Akhtar will be singing and reciting his poem penned after the Delhi Gang Rape incident. Meeta
Vashisht will do an excerpt from the renowned performance of ‘ lal dedh, Young rappers including women rapper will showcase their talent on the issue. and Swanmg group will perfomr. Maa ni main nahi darna . Rahul Bose would recite Man prayer.
Swaang cultural group will for the first time perform live tehir protest song maa ni meri which they wrote after delhi Gang Rape
The program will end with the flash dance Indian National anthem of ‘ break the chains” adapted in Hindi. and we will dance on it
NOT TO MISS COME JOIN US ENTRY FREE
Youc an find video here
[youtube=http://youtu.be/zTFNa8TRt3M]
and the mP3 youc an find here
https://soundcloud.com/kractivist/one-billion-rising-indian
In a patriarchal society like ours, the demands for a non-discriminatory mindset and a gender sensitive society are not going to be achieved in day or a month or even a year. It needs consistent and self-directed actions by all of us without delaying or deferring the responsibility on each other, and one billion rising Freedom from fear is one such attempt towards a continuous process of changing mind sets . Let us make it a great event highlighting women’s rights and equality in the city, all are invited and entry is free
CALLING MUMBAI JOIN US
BANDRA AMPHITHEATRE, BANDSTAND, NEAR TAJ LANDSEND 5.30PM ONWARDS
for mroe information contact kamayani 9820749204
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