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1BRFJ-VerticalLogo-BlobORGANIZER’S GUIDE

If you have questions you can contact us, however before you do please take a look at the below guide first as your questions might already be answered here.

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ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN

  • What is One Billion Rising For Justice?
  • When is One Billion Rising For Justice?
  • Why justice? Why 14 February?
  • IN CANADA: Why 8 March?
  • Why “One Billion”?
  • Why should I join?
  • Why dance?
  • Why “Release”?

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The UN Climate Talks ended on 23 November 2013 and once again governments made little progress in dealing with climate change in any serious way.

Isis International is one of the women's groups which that been helping to mobilize women and raise awareness around the issues of climate change. The Isis Feminist Activist School on Engendering Climate Justice (2010) as part of a yearlong project where Isis endeavoured to raise awareness on Southern women's experiences of the impact of climate change, its impact on women and its linkages to other gender issues. The project aimed at surfacing southern women's perspectives and feminist analyses on climate change and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as well as strengthening feminist positions on gender and climate change in NGO-led processes.

One of the outcomes was the Gender and Climate Justice Tool Kit.

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WSAP

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New Brunswick, NJ, November 21, 2013 — On November 25, 2013, the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) at Rutgers University will launch the 23rd annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. CWGL will join thousands of activists from around the world in a call for an end to gender-based violence and more substantial responses on the part of governments to act with due diligence in protecting and preventing gender-based violence. Numerous events are planned for the 16 Days Campaign. Participating organizations include: Mesa Local contra la Violencia de Género de San Isidro (Argentina); Women’s Aid (Ireland); National Center Against Violence (Mongolia); YUWA (Nepal); Vuk'uWazi Institute for Social Change (South Africa); and Kenaz - Desarrollo de Proyectos Sociales (Spain), among many others.

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Global Fund for Women

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Typhoon Haiyan – one of the strongest storms in recorded history – devastated entire communities in the Philippines, killing thousands and leaving many homeless.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the estimated 10 million affected and to all those who have lost loved ones. Women in the Philippines need our help now more than ever.