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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ned Vizzini
I promise to use my platform as a writer to promote respect for women among young people.
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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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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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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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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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Your Promises
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Seamus Burpee
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:1) Never being silent when I see abuse
2) Never tolerating misogynistic remarks
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Peter Krywyn
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:by intervening in any form of degradation of women or hatred in families.
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Sampsa Holopainen
Finland
I promise to ring the bell by:interfering if I see somebody being bullied or treated wrongly.
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Aaron Krause
Virginia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching everyone I know that strong men respect women—and walk the talk. This is what my grandfather and father both taught me growing up.
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Jay Bremyer
Alabama, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Respecting women and standing up for them against violence.
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Craig Davidson
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:Educate my own son and everyone so they know right from wrong and to always control aggression . No one deserves to go through those
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Will
Georgia, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I will support feminist and pro-education youtubers, planned parenthood, and not let sexist comments go unchallenged.
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Carter Simonson
New York, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Calling out what disgusting behavior I witness to do something to stop it
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Tim Jones
New Mexico, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:teaching my son how to respect woman and girls alike
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Steve Ammidown
Maryland, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Talking with men, and standing with women against violence in all its forms.
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Carla Singer
Germany
I promise to ring the bell by:keep on fighting for a world without violence and helping to make it a safe place for everyone, no matter of gender, nationality or religion
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Charles King
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I promise to share with I know to speak out against those who would do harm to women
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Bill Bledsaw
Illinois, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Continuing To Oppose Violence Against Women And Voting Women Into Government.
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Dr Arnab Ganguly
India
I promise to ring the bell by:encouraging people to admire contribution of women to all spheres of human life, and to speak up against violence meted to them.
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Maxwell Derner
United Kingdom
I promise to ring the bell by:Ensuring my little brothers and eventually my children grow to respect women and by challenging anyone who doesn’t.
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Matthew Newton
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:I will stand against violence toward women in all its various forms and manifestations. I will vote accordingly as well.
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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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Aayushi Gupta
India
I promise to ring the bell by:making women realize that they have an independent identity of their own and are not required to be scared of any shitty person!
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Claus Lao Schunke
Canada
I promise to ring the bell by:acknowledging that their needs may sometimes be different from mine as a man and being okay with that!
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Joel Dignam
Australia
I promise to ring the bell by:speaking out when I witness oppression of women
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Timothy Russell Hendon
Washington, 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.
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A Woman
Massachusetts, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:Ring the bell all you want. Follow it up with funding for Mental Health, especially for our returning VETS
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Kurt “Yoda” Kalbfleisch
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:challenging all men to stop thinking that violence against women is a “women’s issue”, and to treat women with respect. #StartingNow
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Eric Fode
California, United States
I promise to ring the bell by:To Respect woman people.