V-Day, 2010: Building The City of Joy
Joy in the DRC (Congo) sounds impossible. Yet, that’s exactly what Eve Ensler, founder of the V-Day Movement, intends to achieve. She dreams big and makes it happen. She has raised $70 million since 1998 to prevent violence against women and girls: Working at the intersection of art, social action and politics, V-Day … Read more
V-Day Victories for Eve Ensler: Best Leader & Schwarzenegger Backs Down
Eve Ensler, playwright and founder of V-Day, was named one of America’s Best Leaders in 2009 by the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School and U.S. News Media Group. The full list is available on-line and will be published in U.S. News & World Report which will be available on Tuesday, October, 27. Ms. … Read more
Eve Ensler Takes the “Terminator” to School over Cuts to California’s DV Shelters
Eve Ensler’s got a way with words! She absolutely took “The Terminator,” California’s Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger, to school in today’s Huffington Post.
Bravo, Eve Ensler! Hillary Clinton Visits the DRC
Eve Ensler’s V-Day movement has been working tirelessly for years to bring the world’s attention to the violence against women and girls in the DRC.
This week Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton brought a check for $17 million to the DRC to help fight sexual violence. She also offered the help of the US military’s Africa command and US legal experts to draw up new laws.
Eve Ensler: Washington Post Op-ed
A Broken U.N. Promise in Congo Originally published in: Washington Post, 06/30/2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR200906… BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo — Just over a year ago, in answering whether sexual violence in conflict was an issue that the U.N. Security Council should take on, then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice proclaimed, “I am proud that, today, we respond … Read more
Happy Birthday, Eve Ensler!
Today’s Eve Ensler’s birthday! Happy Birthday, Eve! If you live in the San Diego area, she’ll be in town with hew new play O.P.C. this weekend. Today I read some of the moving stories written by V-Men about respecting and cherishing women. Please join me in wishing Eve Ensler a memorable birthday this Memorial Day! Happy … Read more
Eve Ensler’s New Play: O.P.C.
OPC: Obsessive Political Correctness a new play by Eve Ensler Friday, May 29 at 8:00 PM A benefit to protect women and the environment The Santa Monica Bay Women’s Club 1210 Fourth Street, Santa Monica $30 and $125 www.globalgreen.org/opc
NoVo Foundation Invests $1 Billion to Empower Women
The NoVo Foundation has decided to invest $1 billion in women and girls around the world. Their mission includes ending violence against girls and women.
Eve Ensler: Until the Violence Stops
Eve Ensler tells the story of how her father physically, sexually, and emotionally abused her and how these experiences shaped her world view in Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security Obsessed World. The central premise of her book is that striving for security does not, in fact, protect us. We must rescue ourselves. Peace will come from securing basic human rights and from making our end goals compassion and honoring all people.
