Rise up!

BitterAIR

Hi! Hope you are well. I am writing to you all today regarding some very grave issues that has been troubling us for as long as we've been able to understand what it is. Something that, even if it happens to someone else, to any girl or woman across the world, reaches inside our heart and makes us feel the pain, humiliation and violation that our poor sister has had to suffer.

EVE TEASING.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 

ACID ATTACK. 

SEXUAL HARRASSMENT.

RAPE.

The most cruel and brutal forms of violence against women. Over the years we have witnessed and experienced many instances – some of which has happened to us. How many times have you walked down the street and pretended not to hear the man who said something obscene about you? How many times have you witnessed your relatives coming to your grandmother or mother with bruises on their faces and bodies, making excuses because they felt too self-conscious to admit that their husbands are beating them up? How many times have you seen or read reports about acid attacks and rapes and gang rapes?

Isn’t it about time we, as people, as a community, as a society, as HUMANITY, take a step towards preventing these heinous crimes? Isn’t it about time we stop having to suffer from obscene comments and lewd stares as we walk towards our homes and workplaces?

Its time to fight back.

I, for one, refuse to watch as more than 1 BILLION women WORLDWIDE experience violence on an almost daily basis. I have joined up at One Billion Rising (https://www.facebook.com/OneBillionRising) to do my part and help out towards the cause. This is not only for my. This is for all the beautiful women in my life – my mother, sisters, grandmothers, aunts, girlfriends, or whoever it may be. You may be saving a life of someone very dear to you. Are you willing to join me?

If you are in Bangladesh, like me, then please, join us at One Billion Rising Bangladesh (https://www.facebook.com/OneBillionRisingBangladesh).

We need YOU to make this a success. Please. Join us. Tell your friends. Share the cause. Every little bit helps.

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