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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ned Vizzini
I promise to use my platform as a writer to promote respect for women among young people.
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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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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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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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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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Your Promises
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Lela McDonald
Montana, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:providing a better example for my self and family. My sister watched me live through this and now I need to prove to her that it is NEVER ok
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ann marie melia
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:i promise
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marvin mitchell
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:speaking truth to power, challenging patriarchy, empowering women and supporting a world of equal rights across gender.
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Sam Birdwell
Texas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I have four daughters and 5 granddaughters. I feel it is not only my responsibility to protect them, but to also set an example.
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Aaron Martinez
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching kids who look up to me that strong men respect women—and walking the talk.
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Jeff Spargo
South Carolina, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Teaching young men that a true man does not resort to violence against women.
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Debra Gale
Arizona, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:being the voice for myself and others that were sexually abused as a child.
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Kamil Kukowski
Poland
I promise to ring the bell by:not standing iddle when violence happens. listening when a woman speaks out.
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Zeeshan
India
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to ring the bell by: raising voices against gender based violence
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Breno Espósito
Brazil
I promise to ring the bell by:never stop to talk about the absurdities committed against women.
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Peter
Alabama, United States
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Anu Jaysen
India
I promise to ring the bell by:Hi live in an apartment in bangalore and just got to know through a group text that one hears a lady scream at a particular area but flat ni
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B. Joby Hunt
Alabama, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Raise Awareness. Campaign. Rally. Discuss. Educate. Intervene. Participate. Write. Share. Love.
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Judy Barr
Michigan, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:April 1, 2013
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Owen Shepherd
Australia
I promise to ring the bell by:being an active leader in my community on how to treat women respectfully and fairly.
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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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Pierre Shantz
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:I am working to have violence against women become a hate crime such as violence people of color or people from the LGTBQ community.
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Andrew Marshall
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:using my role as a father and youth leader to show my sons and their friends that women are equal and deserve to be treated with respect.
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Kevin Friesen
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:Raising my family with the love of Christ, who instructs us men to love our wives as Christ loved the church and laid his life down for her.
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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.
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Siavash Habibi
Sweden
I promise to ring the bell by:having at least 5 Iranian celebrities share the Bell Bajao or 1 million men 1 million promises campaign on their fan pages, potentially reaching millions of people in Iran. My friends have over 300k fans each, which in social media terms is equal to around a million. If you ever wish to address an Iranian audience, I will ask Manoto TV to do a reportage on the subject and an interview thereby reaching up to 50 million Farsi speakers worldwide.
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Charlie Clarke
Ireland
I promise to ring the bell by:Always cherishing my wife and daughter and all females that I know in my life. I will defend and help any woman or girl in difficulty
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Andrew Taylor
Oregon, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Being a role model to the young men I work with, and show them that physical and mental abuse is never the answer.
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Albert Okolie
Nigeria
I promise to ring the bell by:Teaching young men to refrain from any form of violence/abuse directed towards women for whatever reason