Top 5 promises of the week.
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Arthur Neher
Papua New Guinea
I promise to ring the bell by:strongly supporting the call to stand up against violence against women and educate men wherever in the world to do the same
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Peterson Magoola
Papua New Guinea
I promise to ring the bell by:Challenging the status quo that has deprived women of their rights, and continue to promote gender equality, and be a champion to STOP VAW
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Marc Lepage
Ethiopia
I promise to ring the bell by:making sure all female, colleagues as well as contractors, are treated with the respect they deserve
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Gert Danielsen
Norway
I promise to ring the bell by:standing up and speaking out against #violence against women and men, also encouraging new roles for men and less societal pressure
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Andrew Russell
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Educate myself & talk about the impact of violence against women and support our UN partners in Kosovo working to end gender-based violence.
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Leading Men & Women
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Michelle Bachelet
Men can and must be leaders and partners in ending violence against women. They already are. Men listen to men; they have the power to create safe and healthy spaces.
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Amitabh Bachchan
On March 8, I will do my part to make the world a safer place for women. I will ring the bell for a world where women feel safe, free, and secure.
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Joe Wright
I’d like to raise him to understand that sex and the sexual act is to be respected and must never be used as a weapon.
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Aditya Ghosh
I’m a man and I’m an equal partner in making my workplace, my city, my country and this world a safer place. Women do not have to depend on men to make it safer, but making it safer makes me feel safe too.
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Ned Vizzini
I promise to use my platform as a writer to promote respect for women among young people.
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Mayor Mike Rawlings
I promise to speak out against domestic violence. And I’m asking men in Dallas — and everywhere — to do the same. Let’s make our homes, and our cities, safe for all.
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Harold Perrineau
I believe that if we raise our kids to understand that girls and boys — and all people — are equal, we can help stop violence against women, and we can change the world.
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Eve Ensler
I know as surely as I know anything that when the majority of men who do not commit violence, rise with us with the same intensity and commitment, the violence will end.
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Baratunde Thurston
It takes two to make a thing to go right and in the case of violence against women and domestic violence, that couldn’t be more true.
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Michael Skolnik
Our generation can end violence against women. We can make violence against women unacceptable. We can raise a new generation of healthy, safe children and adults.
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Kevin Cahill
Comic Relief promises to help women and girls get their rights recognised and support them to reach their full potential.
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Michael Bolton
I commit as a man, and as a father, and a grandfather of girls, to advocate that men stand with survivors, and work with women to stop what I believe to be domestic terrorism.
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Rajan Anandan
“I promise to ring the bell by investing only in startups that have women on founding team in 2013.”
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Kumi Naidoo
I promise that in everything Greenpeace does, we will work to promote freedom of violence for women. When women are safer, our planet is safer.
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Don McPherson
Violence against women will not end until men take a proactive role. Calling it a ‘women’s’ issue allows men to ignore it. The reality is, it’s our issue. I promise to work to show how sexism and violence hurt all of us — and to inspire men to step up and make change.
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Roland Merullo
On this day I am standing up, as a man who loves women, and speaking—to young men, especially— asking them to have the courage to set all violence aside, to cherish the women in your life, to respect all the people around you.
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Chandler Massey
As a cast member of Days of Our Lives, I’m no stranger to drama. But in real life, I’m committed to helping end violence against women and creating a peaceful world.
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Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla
As human beings, we need to work together to build a world where every woman is safe, secure, and empowered.
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Sir Patrick Stewart
Violence against women is learned. Each of us must examine — and change — the ways in which our own behavior might contribute to, enable, ignore or excuse all such forms of violence.
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Lewis Black
Listen, guys, enough with the idiotic violence toward women. You want to beat on someone, do it to yourself. And take it like a man.
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Russell Simmons
Imagine a world of happy and healthy families. Imagine a world of non-violence and peace. Here’s how we get there: Treat women and girls with respect. Join me to make a promise today to help stop violence against women.
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Peter Gabriel
Rape is a common weapon of war still, and yet we the men are not really actively engaged in trying to stop this or prevent it. t’s the women who have had the courage to speak out, often risking their own lives and that of their loved ones and we need to do out bit now.
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Sir Richard Branson
We all have the power to do our own part to stop the global pandemic of violence against women and girls. It is holding us all back. We can all be leaders here, in ways small and in ways grand — in Africa, in Europe, around the world, in our own homes and circles.
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Your Promises
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Steve Maranian
Pennsylvania, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:establishing a climate in my workplace that does not tolerate violence against women.
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Josh Rubinstein
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Spreading the message of respect for all women in all forms that I can.
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Ronald Siemer
Denmark
I promise to ring the bell by:to teach my son that violence in the home is *never* the answer. I will never turn away or fail to act when I see someone attack another.
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Clayton Lust
Texas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching respect for women, challenging disrespect, and donating my time and efforts to women’s safety
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Eliot Olson
Washington, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:demonstrating through my words and my actions that the strongest men in this world are those who respect and support women.
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Eduardo Mitchell
Sweden
I promise to ring the bell by:Challenge disrespectful comments on women on the Internet – or live.
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Damian Davidson
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:Shouting down anybody’s attempt to make light of violence against women in any form.
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Felicia Santiago
Florida, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching everyone to always respect all sexes and violence is wrong and results to nothing always.
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Bin Srinidhi
Texas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Continuing to practice and preach nonviolence and equality towards all who are or considered unfairly to be weaker.
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David O
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to ring the bell by teaching my sons to respect and protect the women in their life.
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Salma Ashraf Elbatran
Egypt
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to ring the bell by : raising my children isa how to respect women in the world
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Charles Landy
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:being an adult and keeping my hands to myself.
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Chad Emmett
Alabama, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Continuing to further the work of the WomanStats project.
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Miranda
Texas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:By staying strong, and spreading education and awareness. And never allowing anyone to treat me like that again.
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Alivia Feliciano
Oregon, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Share Jezebel articles on my Facebook.
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Greg Marathas
Massachusetts, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:helping to raise a new generation of men who respect women and understand that violence and abuse in any form should never be tolerated.
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Michael Hallberg
Utah, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:To challenge the notions of gender in art, life & spirit…
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Deepa Munshi
India
I promise to ring the bell by:To always raise my voice against VAW.
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Geevar Varghese
Michigan, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Geevar Varghese promises to do whatever it takes to end violence against women
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Bryan J Bach
Illinois, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Always honoring and respecting women as the powerful beings that they are, and teaching my future children to do the same.
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Ashish Dubey
India
I promise to ring the bell by:Fighting against corruption,domestic violence and child abuse.
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Khuhro Awais
Pakistan
I promise to ring the bell by:that I will encourage women of my country to firmly stand against those who violate your basic rights while doing DISCRIMINATIONS.
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Johnny E
Michigan, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Helping women in need and never allow them to be picked on for being different from men.We, as men, must do our part!
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Robert de Leon
Texas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:engaging, encouraging, & empowering men/boys to become part of the solution in ending violence against women/girls.