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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ned Vizzini
I promise to use my platform as a writer to promote respect for women among young people.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Your Promises
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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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Tim Jones
New Mexico, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching my son how to respect woman and girls alike
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Brian Washburn
Indiana, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:there is never any reason to bring violence on any person man woman or child. So I pledge I will not.
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Anant Shah
India
I promise to ring the bell by:Making the promise I am proud to NOT break! Here’s to respecting women around the world.
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Thomas Forsythe
Kentucky, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Continuing to stand up for women’s rights both in public and online.
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Daniel Hirtz
Arizona, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:having loving relationships with the woman and men in my life spreading a culture of love, respect and kindness
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Stuart Bell
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:Educating myself and talking about violence against women or men with my peers. I will encourage them to help bring about change
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Brian Eckstein
Texas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Always standing up for those who can’t stand up for themselves.
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Phillip Haid
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:Teach kids who look up to me that strong men respect women—and walk the talk.
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R Cade
Virginia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Intervening whenever other men are engaged in violent speech or behavior, whether online or in person, and engaging in preemptive education.
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A. Gomez
Washington, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to protect women from violence and share those traits to to others so they can do the same.
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Joe Parent
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:Setting an example for my daughters to show them that being a man and father means being respectful to women
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Dan Brat
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Speaking out against injustice towards women and loving everyone equally and indiscriminately.
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Kimberly
Colorado, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:By standing up and speaking out against domestic violence and spread awareness.
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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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New Jersey, United States
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David Crews
Virginia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Helping to educate at risk boys of the importance of respecting women and not resorting to violence against them.
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Thomas Sharpe
Australia
I promise to ring the bell by:Educate myself about the impacts of violence against women, and remain respectful towards women in not only my actions, but in my thoughts.
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Mark Heacock
New Jersey, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Teach and demonstrate to boys and young men that girls and women deserve our utmost respect, and should never be struck or spoken to harshly
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Ted Bunch
As we increase and promote a healthier and more respectful manhood, we decrease and prevent all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls.” and “Women do not need to be rescued or saved. Men need not to be violent and safety will take care of itself.
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Charbel Ghosn
Lebanon
I promise to ring the bell by:ok
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Luiz Henrique Ribeiro Martins Madalosso
Brazil
I promise to ring the bell by:Maintain, and teach, constant respect toward all women, treat all women as equals, and stand up for women’s rights.
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Makalani Randall
Georgia, United States
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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Bill Johnson
Virginia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Living the path of a true man: Honoring and valuing women as if they were my mother, wife, or daughter.