Ottawa VDay

What is V-Day?
V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual slavery.

Through V-Day campaigns, local volunteers produce annual benefit performances of “The Vagina Monologues” to raise awareness and funds for anti-violence groups within their own communities. The V-Day movement is growing at a rapid pace throughout the world, in 119 countries from Europe to Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and North America. In 2007, over 3000 V-Day benefit events took place produced by volunteer activists around the world, educating millions of people about the reality of violence against women and girls. In 2008, more than 4000 V-Day benefit events took place around the world and in the past ten years, the V-Day movement has raised over $60 million.

V-Day Ottawa is a local effort within the worldwide context of the 2009 V-Day Campaign. The money raised by the Ottawa production goes to the Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC) and the Rape Crisis Centre in Ottawa as well as 10% to the V-Day international spotlight campaign to stop rape in the DRC. In 2008 Ottawa V-Day raised over $40,000 in net proceeds and over $10,000 in in-kind donations.

What are “The Vagina Monologues”?
Hailed by The New York Times as "funny" and "poignant" and by the Daily News as "intelligent" and "courageous," The Vagina Monologues, which was first performed off-Broadway by Ms. Ensler, dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement buried in women’s experiences. Quotes

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The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina. For more information, visit www.vday.org