Preston will host an event for One Billion Rising, a global campaign to raise awareness of violence against women and girls. The University of Central Lancashire and its Creative Communities Group are inviting the community to join them for a day of dancing, singing, and solidarity.
Guild Hall repair bill, a city centre re-opening bonanza and five other key Preston talking points for 2025Preston will once again support an annual global campaign to raise awareness of violence against women and girls.
Held every year in February, One Billion Rising is a global event that brings people together to stand, sing and dance to demand an end to violence against women and girls. The event is inspired by the startling statistic that one in three women across the planet will be beaten or raped during their lifetime.
Phil Kaila from Salsa Northwest will again lead the Break the Chain dance, the official song played at all One Billion events around the globe.Claire Moore, Director of Certain Curtain Theatre Company, said: “We stand in solidarity with the Creative Communities Group One Billion Rising event to amplify the call for change and an end to violence against women and girls globally.
Helen Bingley OBE JP DL, High Sheriff of Lancashire, added: “I would like to give a very loud ‘shout out’ to the Creative Communities Group One Billion Rising mass action to end violence against women and girls in their call to action.”
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SOCIAL JUSTICE ONE BILLION RISING LANCASTER UNIVERSITY
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