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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ned Vizzini
I promise to use my platform as a writer to promote respect for women among young people.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Avani Deshpande
India
I promise to ring the bell by:speaking for self, I will speak aloud about physical abuse in relationships. Having quit on it myself promise to make others aware and armed
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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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Zsuzsanna Kovács
Hungary
I promise to ring the bell by:I hope that we can protect everybody on the earth.
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Maureen Drennan
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:I will live it every day and will share this . x
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help im tiny indian kid and i am been trapped in hostage scenario blz send halp
India
I promise to ring the bell by:halp
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Dr. Celeste Fabrie
Germany
I promise to ring the bell by:Educating company directors to stop their abuse of female employees.
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Alex Daszak
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:Continuing to stop men who attack women when I see it, and striving to help others intervene by example.
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Matthew Roberts
Texas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Promoting nonviolent belief and action
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Ryan Reeves
Ohio, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Break The Cycle I have seen others live by.
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Carlos Macias
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Never allowing myself to look the other way when I know I can make something to end ignorance.
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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.
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George Estes
Kentucky, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Clapping my hands
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Erik Schmidt
Colorado, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:To always raise my wife’s needs above my own. If the event comes where we disagree I will find a solution that is not yelling.
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Denyse A. Variano
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Helping the families I work with understand how to model nonviolence to children and other family members in their homes and communities
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Mriganko Bhattacharjee
Bangladesh
I promise to ring the bell by:encouraging my 12 years old son and his mates on how to behave women with respect and dignity
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Nuala Nagle
making all the men in my life aware of the importance of working side by side with us to prevent violence against women, and I also have a strong belief in the equality of men and women, and I want to advance this in my life.
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Gregory Gaskill
Nevada, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Teaching my boys and my students that domestic violence is never the answer and to help others whenever they can.
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kirti jain
India
I promise to ring the bell by:Whenever I see any domestic violence against women
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Michael Cheney
Georgia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Being the man I was raised to be and live by the Word that guides my heart
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Suzanne Sutton
Virginia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Not looking the other way when violence occurs and remembering that I am a survivor not a victim.
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Michael Simkins
Oregon, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:raising my daughters to understand that violence is never acceptable in relationships or in friendships.
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Guy R. Ries
Michigan, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:To Take Advanatage of teachable moments in my classroom everyday to speak out agianst violence agianst women.
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Derek Bondurant
District of Columbia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:treating all women that I know with the respect that they deserve. Violence against women is never an option.
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Barry Letzer
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Bringing Awareness to all Boys that any and all violence against girls and/or women is wrong !