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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ned Vizzini
I promise to use my platform as a writer to promote respect for women among young people.
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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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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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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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Your Promises
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Peter Otieno Khayombe
Kenya
I promise to ring the bell by:Train my two little daughters and colleagues to speak out strongly against violence on girls and women
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Michael Perri
Georgia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Try to set an example by how I live. Violence, be it physical or verbal, is dishonorable.
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Wesley Nutter
West Virginia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Tackling any injustice towards women I see in my daily life, and to promote gender equality in any way I can.
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Kenneth Lee
Washington, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:never allowing an opportunity to help or educate about domestic violence and it’s effects pass by without seizing it.
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Shane Solanki
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:consistently reminding men of their responsibility to end violence against women, and creating art and music which tells this story.
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Jake McGuire
Mississippi, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Challenging misogynistic comments in the workplace
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Tom Scott
Nevada, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Standing behind my words with actions.
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James D. Brown IV
New Hampshire, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Bring awareness to the proper authorities of undocumented domestic abuse cases in my local area.
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Andrew J. Mackay
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Using my position as a tutor for kids, often in abusive family situations, that violence can be stopped with courage and openness.
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Edward Hurley III
Virginia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Protecting every woman within my power do to so from all types of domestic violence and spreading the word everywhere against it.
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Wendy Simpson
New Zealand
I promise to ring the bell by:Raising the son of my sister, killed by her partner/his father, to be a proud male that wont hit out or hurt with intent.
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Brian Kozicki
Texas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Challege disrespectful comments and being a role model to childern so they can see first hand how men should respect women
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Sam Carpenter
Washington, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:speaking up.
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Aaron M. Wilkerson
Ohio, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:raising consciousness about toxic masculinity in our culture and being an example to other men that we don’t have to perpetuate the cycle.
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Simon Skjoldborg Jørgensen
Denmark
I promise to ring the bell by:Never looking the other way, rather asking too many questions than too few if I suspect violence taking place in silence.
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Susan Nicholson
New Zealand
I promise to ring the bell by:Raising my son’s to oppose rape culture.
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Michael V. Shaw, Jr.
New Jersey, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Always treating the women I encounter in my life with love and respect and teaching other men to do the same.
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Jai Kishan Sharma
India
I promise to ring the bell by:I PROMISE TO RING THE WELL FIGHTING AGAINST DOMESTIC VOILANCE , AND ALSO PROMISE TO SPEAK OUT FOR VICTIM
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Pradeep K Kulkarni
Pennsylvania, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:standing by every woman who needs support and be willing to stand in front of the man who stands in her way.
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Micheal Lee
Mississippi, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Raising my children as my father raised me, with the belief that women are to be loved and treasured, not harmed by words/actions!
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jay dubey
India
I promise to ring the bell by:spreading the message to stop violence against women. aware the people of society to spread the awareness among others.as much as possible.
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Rick Rosen
Wisconsin, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:talking with guys about the importance of recognizing our fears and insecurities so that we don’t cover them over with aggression.
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Lee Oberg
Alabama, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:modeling decent behavior and expecting other men and boys to do so. I will interfere when I hear or see violence against women or children.
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Michael D Lent
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Supporting the efforts of all organizations working to end violence against women.
