International Women's Day 2013

On International Women's Day 2013 hear Kakenya Ntaiya speak at TED agreeing to female circumcision if she could go to school:

More on IWD here: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp#.UTp10qKvaSo

Below, pictures from last month's One Billion Rising in Parliament Square, London, 14 February 2013.

Ruby Wax, 1 Billion Rising, Feb 2013

Jon Snow head & shoulders above the rest!

1 Billion and Rising

Today, Thursday 14 February 2013 saw worldwide gatherings for 1 Billion and Rising to end violence, including (dis) honour killings, rape, against women the world over.

Why they rose:

"ONE IN THREE WOMEN ON THE PLANET WILL BE RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME.*

ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLATED IS AN ATROCITY

 ONE BILLION WOMEN DANCING IS A REVOLUTION"

From here: http://www.onebillionrising.org/pages/about-one-billion-rising


News of today's 1 Billion and Rising event in Parliament Square in  the Guardian here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2013/feb/14/one-billion-rising-celebrities-london-video


Pictures from Parliament Square (from Demotix.com):

Yvette Cooper & Thandie Newton

Ruby Wax