V-Day Annual Report 2014 - One Billion Rising for Justice | Page 10

GLOBAL COORDINATORS

200 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS ON FEBRUARY 14, 2014
The campaign was envisioned and carried out
collectively by over 40 global coordinators around the
world. These long-time V-Day activists spread the word
about the campaign, engaged local grassroots groups
and members of civil society, as well as their local and
national governments. The coordinators came from the
following regions and countries:
WESTERN & EASTERN EUROPE United Kingdom •
Italy • Croatia • Bosnia And Herzegovina • Bulgaria
• Cyprus • Greece • Macedonia • Montenegro •
Romania • Serbia • Slovenia • Germany ASIA The
Philippines • Hong Kong • India • Pakistan • Nepal
• Bangladesh • Pakistan • Afghanistan • Sri-Lanka •
Maldives AFRICA Gambia • Somalia • South Africa
• Sudan • Zimbabwe • Kenya • Democratic Republic
Of Congo • Nigeria • Swaziland • Lesotho • Ghana
• Botswana • Malawi • Mozambique • Namibia •
Zambia MIDDLE EAST Palestine CENTRAL & SOUTH
AMERICA Peru • Mexico • Guatemala • El Salvador
• Honduras • Nicaragua • Costa Rica • Panama •
Argentina • Bolivia • Chile • Columbia • Ecuador •
Paraguay • Uruguay • Venezuela CARIBBEAN Haiti •
Guyana • Dominican Republic • St. Lucia • Jamaica
• Trinidad UNITED STATES Washington DC • Atlanta,
Georgia • Los Angeles, California • San Francisco,
California • New York City • Chicago, Illinois •
Santa Fe, New Mexico

ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE LIVE: PERU

ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE LIVE: ITALY

ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE LIVE: GUJARAT, INDIA

#rise4justice and #1billionrising took over social media. On 14 February, the campaign
trended on Facebook, and on Twitter in the United Kingdom and South Africa. Tens of
thousands of images, videos, art, and messages of support and defiance spread across
our networks on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Google Plus. Over 20,000 images were
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shared on Instagram alone.

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