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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ned Vizzini
I promise to use my platform as a writer to promote respect for women among young people.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Your Promises
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Jagadish
India
I promise to ring the bell by:Striving towards protecting rights of women and spreading awareness about domestic violence against women.
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Paul Sims
Ohio, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Violence is never the way.
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Timothy Gates
Indiana, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Working to bring awareness about VAW, and creating ways to end one of the worlds largest social problems.
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Rakesh Kumar
India
I promise to ring the bell by:My presence at which ever place iam.. to put an end to the violence against women… lets come together tp end it.
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Tanuja Hegde
India
I promise to ring the bell by:creating awareness about domestic voilence
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Stephen Nelson
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:holding the hand of a woman friend who is being subjected to financial violence by banks trying to take her home
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Dennis Kondratev
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:Raising my son and daughter in a home where violence is discussed – not resorted to.
Dennis’ inspiration behind making a promise to Ring the Bell:
“I became a father two-and-a-half years ago when my daughter was born. Two weeks ago, I was once again fortunate to witness the birth of my son and I now see firsthand how from day 1 boys and girls are treated differently. Despite my best intentions, I too sometimes fall into the trap of unconsciously treating my son differently from my daughter. While I want my kids to have a complete freedom to discover themselves and choose their own paths in life, I am also cognizant that how I treat and interact with them will have a profound impact and leave indelible mark on their lives. This absolutely scares me and at the same time energizes me to press on with what will be surely a wild ride.”
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Alex Badov
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:To respect and care for my sisters mothers and daughters at home and around the world
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Paul Chong
Thailand
I promise to ring the bell by:making noises drawing attention to the ongoing violence against any victim
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Shawn Thurber
Idaho, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Teach my daughters to expect and accept only admiration, kindness and respect from the men in their lives.
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Kripa N
India
I promise to ring the bell by:no one have the right to violence.
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Alan Cole
South Carolina, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Practice intervention by reporting all observed physical abuse.
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Tarjinder Singh
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:Upholding the values and principles I was raised with. And helping were and when I can
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Brian Miner
Alabama, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to help end violence against women
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Mridul Verma
India
I promise to ring the bell by:violence is like a tree. if we want to distroy completly then we should have also distroy its root. educate the women of village and end violence from low level to high level then we completly end it.
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Jim Cummings
Pennsylvania, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:To teach my son and his friends that violence against women and the oppression stop with this generation (at least in my family).
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Bradley L. Hopkins
Italy
I promise to ring the bell by:Solemnly vow to raise my future sons to treat women as physical, intellectual, social, moral, sexual, and social equals.
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Taylor P Sam
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:advocating, voicing out, and standing my ground for all women in the pursuit of gender equality.
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Leah Sutton
Australia
I promise to ring the bell by:To share Ring the Bell agenda to all men I engage in.
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Eliot Olson
Washington, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:demonstrating through my words and my actions that the strongest men in this world are those who respect and support women.
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Kim Garrity
Massachusetts, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Being an advocate for young people experiencing violence
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Ruth Patrick
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:creating an organization (WOMEN~SV) for women who are victims of affluent abusers. Website: www.losaltoscf.org/womensv
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Nagulan Puspanathan
Malaysia
I promise to ring the bell by:to stand against violence to children and women around the world and would like participate in any campaigns.
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Eric Anderson
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Teach kids who look up to me that strong men respect women—and walk the talk; and, challenge those who disrespect women or girls;