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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Your Promises
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Conor McCandless
Pennsylvania, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:standing up against violence and discrimination against women, as well as anyone else who faces it.
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Parixit Gadhvi
India
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to ensure safety of women I’m related to and to treat them equally with respect and maintain their dignity
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L. Capagli
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Teaching my son how to be a gentleman and to respect women!
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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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Manjiri Borkar
India
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to help end #violence against women. Join @breakthrough’s global movement to #RingTheBell #VAW http://ow.ly/iaNTZ
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Gertjan
Belgium
I promise to ring the bell by:challenge all the everyday assumptions people make that support sexism, the root of violence against women.
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Maxwell Derner
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:Ensuring my little brothers and eventually my children grow to respect women and by challenging anyone who doesn’t.
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Alex Bacha
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:always sharing responsibilities equally with my wife and always treating her with respect. And to raise our children to hold the same values
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Nolan Rennert
Colorado, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Never look the other way when abuse is happening.
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Jacob Myers
Louisiana, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:standing up for women in need of it (which is far too often nowadays). It’s about time this movement has started. Thank you.
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Steve Karr
New Jersey, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to respect women and to teach my children to do the same.
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Brad Lander
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:passing stronger laws to end violence against women, training to turn bystanders into allies & raising my kids to work for peace & justice.
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Iheoma Obibi
Nigeria
I promise to ring the bell by:Ensuring that I am not silent when I come across violence against women; and educating my son about the importance of gender equality
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Is’haq Bhat
India
I promise to ring the bell by:Utilizing all my media skills and mediums to become their voices, who dreads to speak out?
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Reshma Pattni
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching my cousins that violence against women is not acceptable in any situation and helping them share that mindset with their friends.
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Angela Barbosa
Alabama, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:raising my daughter to be a healthy, confident woman who tolerates nothing less than being respected and honored by any man in her life.
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Scott Hauschildt
Iowa, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I will teach my sons to never raise their hands or their voices to women.
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Micah Collamer
Oregon, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:challenging all I come into contact with to treat women with respect and dignity and to encourage new roles for intervention by men.
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Barry Blechman
District of Columbia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Working to end domestic violence
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Robert Coberly
Colorado, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Ending violence against women
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Marcos LaFarga
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Always showing respect!
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Eric Dontigney
Tennessee, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Donating money and volunteering my writing skills to organizations that combat violence against women.
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Chris Dockins
Virginia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:talking with my sons and being an example so they know all women deserve respect and violence against them is never an option.
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Monica Tayebwa
Uganda
I promise to ring the bell by:i promise to stand by my fellow women rights and enforce empowerment to see us grow, educate a woman n educate the nation