2013 On February 14, 2013, the One Billion Rising campaign culminated in what the organization called the "biggest mass action to end violence against women," with activists in 207 countries taking part. Singer/songwriter Tena Clark produced a music video entitled "Break the Chain" to accompany the campaign. Around 5,000 organizations had joined the campaign, which has also been aided or endorsed by celebrities such as
Rosario Dawson and
Robert Redford. In a video message dedicated to
Jyoti Singh, the Indian student who died after being gang-raped by six men on a Delhi bus,
Anoushka Shankar disclosed she had been abused by a trusted friend of her parents when she was a child. In her message, she stated: "I'm rising for women like Jyoti, for women like her. With the amazing women of my country, I'm rising for the child in me, who I don't think will ever fully recover from what happened to her."
2013 , Washington, D.C. On February 14, 2013, the rally was held in more than 190 countries after a call for one billion women to dance in a show of collective strength. The event was held on the 15th anniversary of the
V-Day movement.
2014 In February 2014,
Bollywood actor and filmmaker
Aamir Khan, who had earlier voiced such issues through his debut TV show
Satyamev Jayate, lent his support to One Billion Rising in
New Delhi. In Los Angeles, a number of events were held to protest violence against women soldiers and prisoners. Celebrity participants included
Jane Fonda,
Anne Hathaway,
Marisa Tomei, and
Dylan McDermott.
2015 Kimberlé Crenshaw, prominent
Critical Race Theory figure and professor at
UCLA School of Law and
Columbia Law School, joined with One Billion Rising to help create awareness for the difficulties girls of color face in New York and Boston schools. These issues include the
school-to-prison pipeline, stereotyping, and the disparity of the suspension rationales and rates compared to white girls (the rates being 10 times more likely for the former).
2016 According to the campaign: "For the fourth year, globally One Billion Rising activists are planning their rising events, artistic uprisings, panel discussions, press conference, town halls, movies, articles, gatherings, poetry, art, posters, actions, and protests to take place on and about Feb 14th. With the theme – One Billion Rising: Rise for Revolution 2016, this year's campaign will escalate the collective actions of activists worldwide, and amplify their call for systemic changes towards ending violence against women and girls once and for all."
2017 The 2017 event was held in February. ==Video==