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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ned Vizzini
I promise to use my platform as a writer to promote respect for women among young people.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Your Promises
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Saswati Banerjee
India
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to fight against the women harassment in work place in India.
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Megan Phillips
Colorado, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:speaking out against violence and prejudice towards women and children.
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Jeremy Fincher
Oregon, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to end the cycle by teaching my children
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Mark C. Frederick
Arizona, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Teaching my students about how to end violence against women.
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Minh-Hung Huynh
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:By challenging my fellow workers to stop sexist jokes about women… violence is not only physical…
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Michael Yarnell
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Always challenging remarks that enforce rape culture.
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Eric Fritz-Waters
Iowa, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:continuing to volunteer on the board of directors for a local DV/SA shelter/program and by spreading awareness.
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Jay Montgomery
Georgia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching my kids and others the right way to deal with conflict and anger and to help abused women and children however I can.
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Ravi Nair
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:never letting domestic-violence-positive talk by men go unchallenged: she never deserved it, she was never asking for it.
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Larry Cohen
Texas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Ensuring all the women in my life know they are loved and special.
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Graham Carrick
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:educating children the right way to treat others.
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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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Roy Finney Jr
Illinois, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Helping to teach people that all women are to be respected as all people should be.
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Joseph M
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Educating myself & Others in the human and ethical treatment of women and girls. I will stand up & challenge those who do otherwise.
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Adam Biddle
Wisconsin, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:By raising my sons to respect women. By teaching any young man to respect, admire, and cherish women.
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Kaleb J. Yarbrough
Oklahoma, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Never to hit or abuse a woman in any way and give them the respect they deserve, like a real man. Also make sure that others so the same.
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Ljupka
Macedonia
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise
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Q Ziraldo
Michigan, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching the men that come after me that a real man never lays a hand on a woman in anger, neither in word nor deed.
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Jordan Mizell
Kansas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I write, I do art and I will always share my voice in the fight against violence towards women
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Miguel da Silva
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:making my Facebook aware of the issue and by mentioning it on my radio shows
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Liam O’Malley
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Teach my son and and his friends that strong men respect women—and walk the talk
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Patrick Dill
Oregon, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Becoming educated about women of all cultures and their struggles. This knowledge will foster compassion within me that I’ll share with all.
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Kelly Martichuski
Minnesota, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:being aware of what is going on in my community and educating others and myself about the effects of domestic violence.
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Comer Parks
Missouri, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Passing this along and asking friends and family to join.