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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Your Promises
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Stuart
Australia
I promise to ring the bell by:Teach kids who look up to me that strong men respect women—and walk the talk.
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Wagner do Valle
Brazil
I promise to ring the bell by:Combater a violência contra a mulher, através meu trabalho de radialista.
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Carolina
Brazil
I promise to ring the bell by:Divulgar e propagar a paz e o respeito, ajudar os necessitados e defender sempre a vida
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Mike Turner Jr
Texas, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Never ignoring any sign of domestic abuse. Maintaining absolutely zero tolerance towards it.
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Kaleb J. Yarbrough
Oklahoma, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Never to hit or abuse a woman in any way and give them the respect they deserve, like a real man. Also make sure that others so the same.
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Andy Floyd
Alabama, 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, challenge friends or internet commenters who disrespect women.
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Stefonknee (Paul) Wolscht
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:Deconstructing gender binary labels, so every female (Cis & Trans) is respected, protected and honored in mind, body and spirit everywhere.
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Scott Stull
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching my students about the ingrained sexism in our world, and what they can do to stop it.
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Austin Lynch
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Training working women to become leaders in their workplace and their union
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Peter Otieno Khayombe
Kenya
I promise to ring the bell by:Train my two little daughters and colleagues to speak out strongly against violence on girls and women
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Clint Middleton
Tennessee, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:To help at our local battered women’s shelter. To talk, listen or even help them find safety from their horrifying circumstances.
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Rocco J. DellaCroce
Massachusetts, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Never standing by or tolerating any violence towards women when I can act. No one deserves to be degraded, humiliated, demoralized ever.
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Marc Sokol
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:challenging violence and bigotry whenever I see it – or experience it.
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Peter Lodge
Ireland
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to fight violence against women townwide, nationwide and worldwide, wherever I may be.
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Garlinda Burton
Tennessee, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Talking to the kids at my church and to my grandsons about respect for themselves and for others and NO violence.
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Ed Carpp
North Carolina, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:posting on Facebook to all my friends. To create awareness and request that they pledge to end violence against women.
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Isaac Benson White
Arizona, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:rebuilding my trust in men, so that I may share the importance of this issue with them.
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Gerda Ivan
Hungary
I promise to ring the bell by:Elítélendők – morálisan és fizikailag – akik visszaélve fizikai erőfölényükkel gyengébbet bántalmaznak. Legyen az nő, gyerek, állat,
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J. Sterling Smith
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:not raping women. I will degrade them. I will stand up when others objectify them or say that they were asking for violence or rape
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Rider Barnum
Louisiana, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Challenge friends who disrespect women or girls, as I have always done and will continue to encourage others to do.
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Terrence Lister
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:by challenging the men I know to do the same and commit to it.
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James Jordin
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:showing my son that being a real man means respecting women and girls as equals, and challenging those who are disrespectful or violent.
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Dave Billingsley
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Making all acquaintances aware that I am available to enlist any resources necessary to freely shepherd women and children to safety.
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Matt Kutney
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:To never look the other way when a woman is being treated with anything other than respect and dignity.