Ring the Bell
Overview
Now is the time to end violence against women.
On March 8, with launch events worldwide, Breakthrough took Ring the Bell (Bell Bajao) global.
One million men. One million promises calls on men worldwide to promise to take concrete action to end violence against women.
Men and women together have responded with outrage to recent dramatic acts of violence from Delhi to Cairo to Steubenville. We know that effective laws, courts, and cops are essential -- but they are not enough. We need individual and community action to challenge the habits and norms that perpetuate violence.
Men, their allies, and their actions, can create that global tipping point, today.
Together with our partners in South Africa, Brazil, Sweden, and more, we will secure one million promises in one year, starting March 8, 2013 (International Women's Day).
With men as leaders and partners, we can build a world in which women are safe -- and in which all of us live freely, fully, and without fear.
Together we can build a safer world.
Some video promises:
Our Partners
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Michelle Bachelet urges men to promise to help end violence against women
Michelle Bachelet, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, urges men to promise to help end violence against women. The former President of Chile also announces a partnership between UN Women’s Commit campaign and Ring the Bell: One million men. One million promises.
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Kumi Naidoo promises to help end violence against women
Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director of Greenpeace, promises to help end violence against women. Ring the Bell: One million men. One million promises calls on men worldwide to promise to take concrete action to end violence against women.
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Ring the Bell Global
Join millions of men and boys in a global movement to Ring the Bell & stop violence in your community.
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Teach Your Children Well: Men Must Be Leaders in Changing the Culture of Abuse
article | Posted: 04/02/2013by Donald McPherson We have seen much—and much-deserved—criticism of the mainstream media coverage of the Steubenville rape verdict. Some reporters, notoriously, have focused on what “good students” the convicted young men are and what “bright futures” had been squandered by their actions. While these may have been misguided analyses of the verdict, the outrage stems [...]
An Awakening in India to Scourge of Violence Against Women
article | Posted: 04/01/2013As originally aired on PBS Newshour.
Exclusive: Patrick Stewart Calls on Men to End Violence Against Women
article | Posted: 03/19/2013Many of us remember Sir Patrick Stewart on Star Trek: The Next Generation as the heroic Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise whose mission was to explore the galaxies. In real life, the dynamic 72-year-old acclaimed actor and activist has taken on his own personal mission: enlisting men in the movement to end violence against women, [...]
Patrick Stewart: Men need to help end abuse
article | Posted: 03/11/2013Thank you, Captain Picard. Speaking over the weekend at an event he hosted for the Ring the Bell anti-violence campaign, the actor issued a challenge — and sounded an important call for 1 million men to make 1 million “concrete, actionable promises” to end abuse against women, the “single greatest human rights violation of our generation.” Stewart’s remarks were [...]
‘Evil’ isn’t an excuse
article | Posted: 03/11/2013Zerlina Maxwell, law student and political commentator, “can’t even read” her own Facebook page because “it’s full of people wanting to rape me,” she told Salon. The reason for this outpouring of hateful online posting is that this courageous rape survivor spoke on Fox’s Hannity program and said preventing rape is about “telling men not to rape women,” not telling [...]
Make Your Promise Today
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Click here to make your promise to #RingTheBell to end violence against women.
How to Ring the Bell
- Teach kids who look up to you that strong men respect women—and walk the talk.
- Challenge friends or Internet commenters who disrespect women or girls.
- Interrupt violence by causing a distraction or finding an excuse to ring the doorbell.
- Click here for more examples of how you can Ring the Bell.
