Source: Sun Star
Women advocates will use dance as a vehicle to raise global awareness on violence against women when they hold the One Billion Rising Revolution (OBR Revolution) today, February 14, at Rizal Park in Manila.

The campaign is focused on defending women's economic, social and political rights.

"We rise through dance to express joy and community and celebrate the fact that we have not been defeated by this violence. We rise to show we are determined to create a new kind of consciousness - one where violence will be resisted until it is unthinkable," Councilor Leah Librado-Yap said.

She cited reports that one in three women is abused in her lifetime.

"For us to be free, we have to rise against all forms of violence and exploitation directed towards the women sector, including their children," Yap said.

"In this campaign for justice, we made visible, volatile and impacting connections between violence against women and economic, environmental, racial, gender injustice. We formed new and hopefully lasting coalitions between existing groups and individuals not only within the women's movement but also between people's movements covering diverse sectors," she added.