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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ned Vizzini
I promise to use my platform as a writer to promote respect for women among young people.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Your Promises
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Patrick Voigtmann
Germany
I promise to ring the bell by:standing up for what I feel is right: equality and love between all us divine beings
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Candice C.
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Sharing the stories of survivors of violence to help educate others.
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Brad Gifford
Missouri, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:1.Protect women at all times
2. Teach respect and compassion to children by example
3. Call out disrespect or abuse to women and children -
Tammy Lewis Santos
Florida, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to help end #violence against women by educating women around me about abnormal signs to be aware of prior to #prevention
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Jason Earl Stevens
Alabama, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:March the 10th of 2013
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Dave Henry
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:Treating the women in my life with due respect and to challenge anyone who is found disrespecting or abusing any woman.
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Amita Chhiba
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:Challenging those who disrespect females and donations.
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Mark Kostick
Washington, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:March 23
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kamran samimi
Hawaii, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:speaking up when I notice a lapse in someone’s thinking or speaking which leads to sexist attitudes and ideas.
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Matt A. Leonard
Ohio, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Telling others that I was raised to understand and to know that men do not abuse women, and to live by that understanding. Forever.
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Paul Chong
Thailand
I promise to ring the bell by:making noises drawing attention to the ongoing violence against any victim
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James MacIndoe
District of Columbia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to teach as many boys as possible at my high school that strong women respect women.
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David Endter
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:making my kids/ boys believe that respect is a human right, and violence is not tolerated in this country.
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Craig Rymer
Minnesota, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching my daughters to be with men who respect them, teach my son to respect women, and to actively promote respect for all humanity.
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Xiomara Lopez
Puerto Rico
I promise to ring the bell by:sharing with all my friends in FB and speak against any form of abuse.
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Julie Orth
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:talking to my daughters and empowering them with knowledge, self esteem (and self defense)
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Cindy Sinsap
Thailand
I promise to ring the bell by:participating in the Bangkok Rising and UN UNITE campaigns on violence against women and girls. We will spread the word against violence!
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James Conner
Kansas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:notifying the authorities immediately whenever I see an act of domestic violence, and not stand by while it happens.
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Scott Brown
Virginia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Teaching my sons the importance of never resorting to violence
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Gaetano Taormina
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:To ensure that all female friends, family, and acquaintances receive the respect they deserve and to be a voice against those who disagree.
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Chris Metcalf
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Never standing by. I promise to always stand up to injustice.
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Asha Balakrishnan
Germany
I promise to ring the bell by:Encouraging my colleagues, friends and family to stand up against violence and discrimination of women.
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Peter Clowes
Maine, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:changing the perceptions of men in my immediate surroundings and not to look the other way.
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Aaron Strauss
Virginia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:speaking up whenever anyone makes a comment that demeans women.