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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ned Vizzini
I promise to use my platform as a writer to promote respect for women among young people.
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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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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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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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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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Your Promises
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Anonimo
Honduras
I promise to ring the bell by:Love your neighbor as yourself.
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Nadia Dala
Belgium
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to speak out for other victims, because I could not speak as a child. I promise to use my voice to help heal others.
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J. Sterling Smith
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:not raping women. I will degrade them. I will stand up when others objectify them or say that they were asking for violence or rape
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Wyett Farre
Florida, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:pledgin in my friends name of T who is a survivor
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Tanja Cilia
Malta
I promise to ring the bell by:..continuing to speak out against all forms of intimidation, coercion, bullying, and violence.
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Rudy Cifuentes
Venezuela
I promise to ring the bell by:To love, protect and respect women and every human rights, today and every single day. I promise.
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Rakesh Bhan Dass
India
I promise to ring the bell by:Lets be kinder to all women and treat them gently and respect their rights equally in all walk of life.Let men lift up their hearts.
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Chris Clarke
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:continuing to confront misogyny and violence when I see it
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Trent Ruder
Afghanistan
I promise to ring the bell by:1-Seek opportunities in my work to support Afghan women
2-Never allow myself to turn a blind eye to violence
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Arline Pacht
Maryland, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:continuing my work with the International and National Association of Women Judges, organizations .
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Jen Elijah
Ohio, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:asking the uncomfortable questions when I see signs something is suspicious & will extend full support to those willing to accept my help
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Jack Herrington
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Helping to end violence against women however I can.
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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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Nathan Ayala
Colorado, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:setting the example for the men around me and standing up for women who I suspect may be in a violent relationship
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Tim Tilbrook
Australia
I promise to ring the bell by:Standing against violence towards women in all its forms and teaching others you can break the cycle of violence and abuse.
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Garlinda Burton
Tennessee, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Talking to the kids at my church and to my grandsons about respect for themselves and for others and NO violence.
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David W. Billharz
Nevada, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Contributing monthly to Reggie Littlejohn’s ” Women’s Rights Without Frontiers”.
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Jim Suozzo
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to do everything in my power to bring violence against women to an end. I will talk to other men about this promise and ask them
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Isaac Jay
Alabama, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:By challenging those I encounter to understand the impact of their treatment of women.
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Kalpanaa Misra
India
I promise to ring the bell by:writing, blogging, tweeting, talking, demonstrating against gender discrimination, rape and VAW.
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Rocio Arguijo
North Carolina, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Informing my peers of this cause
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James Turner
Utah, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Never using violence as a solution to a family issue or problem. I am a child of a violent birth father who left my family when I was 5.
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Nils Berglund
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:Attempting to further equality
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Nooshin Owrak
Iran
I promise to ring the bell by:not letting any hand to beat,