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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Ned Vizzini
I promise to use my platform as a writer to promote respect for women among young people.
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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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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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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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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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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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Your Promises
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John M Morris
Texas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I PROMISE TO DO ALL I CAN TO PUT AN END TO THIS AND MAKE AS MANY PEOPLE AWARE OF THIS MOVEMENT AS I CAN
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Gloria González
Peru
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to spread the aims of the campaign in Perú, to touch the bell when some woman suffers abuse.
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Michael Mesmer
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:continuing to teach men about the option to respond nonviolently and empathically to the women in their lives.
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Andrew Harris
South Carolina, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Lending a helping hand to a lady in need
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Hector Rivera
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Continuing to preach against violence towards women
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tnwomanplus@gmail.com
India
I promise to ring the bell by:Women violence are very common in India. Most of the Men Society addict the Alcohol.They are starting the vulgar activities of Women.
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Mike Askew
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:Standing against violence against women and children in all forms, and at all times.
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Kraig Flanagan
Nebraska, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to stand up for women and help stop the violence.
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Lynne Warfel
Minnesota, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Not keeping quiet about abuse. As a survivor, I can tell you, most folks don’t want to hear what you have to say.
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Demetrius O’Daniels
Maryland, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Interjecting upon any acts of violence towards women or children I may come across in my day to day life.
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Suzanne Pigeon
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching my nephew about compassion and teaching my nieces that they are valued for their inner beauty.
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Shaun R Becker
Colorado, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Standing with the women that cross my path in life, to protect those whom are victims of this cowardly act and to help prosecute any punk.
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Michael Serafin-Wozniak
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:being a voice for the voiceless… saying something when I see something… protecting those who cannot protect themselves
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John Lund
Iowa, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:standing with my women friends when they have issues with the men in their lives and always being available to do what’s necessary for them!
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Christian Semlitsch
Switzerland
I promise to ring the bell by:educating men with all of my knowledge how to find a way to their heart so that they never raise hand against their wives or children
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Elwood Ashawasega
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to ring the bell by; standing up and speaking out against … violence against women
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Beatrice Cook
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Protecting all women from the violence that still plagues society.
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Mitch Pryor
Texas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to challenge friends, colleagues, and coworkers who disrespect women or girls. I promise to be a good role model for my children.
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Sanjay Rawal
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Making a short companion film to my doc Food Chains which highlights VAW in the fields.
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William Wilson
Indiana, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching my son that he must respect all women and girls, and that they are never to be treated with disdain for any reason.
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Cody Ruth
Kentucky, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Extending my aid to anyone victimized by violence, be it a helpful word or helping them pack.
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Brian Griffin
Georgia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching respect for women and their rights as individuals
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josie mcpherson
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Any means necessary.
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James Harrison
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:Being an equal partner to my wife, a loving father to my daughters and having the ability to recognize and correct my own failings