V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler’s award winning play The Vagina Monologues. In 2007, more than 3000 V-Day events took place in the U.S. and around the world. To date, the V-Day movement has raised over $50 million and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it, crafted international educational, media and PSA campaigns, launched the Karama program in the Middle East, reopened shelters, and funded over 5000 community-based anti-violence programs and safe houses in Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt and Iraq. The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina. http://www.vday.org
SPOTLIGHT CAMPAIGN 2009: DRC DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Stop Raping our Greatest Resource: Power to Women in the DRC is a new global campaign to call attention to the wide-scale atrocities committed against women and girls in Eastern DRC and demand an end to the impunity with which these crimes are committed.
By joining this campaign, you will be supporting Congolese women and men who are demanding an end to rape. You will be supporting local efforts to demand justice and accountability. You will be supporting survivors of sexual violence to heal and rebuild their lives and communities. And you will join others around the globe to demand that women and girls in DRC are safe.
The Campaign is being initiated by V-Day and UNICEF, representing UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Donate to STOP RAPING OUR GREATEST RESOURCE: POWER TO THE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, a global campaign that is:
* Raising awareness about the level of sexual violence in the DRC
* Advocating for change on local, provincial, national and international levels
* Providing support to activists in the DRC and around the globe who are working to end the atrocities and change perceptions about sexual violence
* Raising funds to build the City of Joy in Bukavu, South Kivu--a project of Panzi Hospital in partnership with V-Day and Unicef-- that will be a refuge for healed women survivors of rape and torture, providing them with leadership development, educational and income-generating opportunities
To learn more about donating to the cause please visit: VDAY
