{"id":3219,"date":"2017-02-17T09:36:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T09:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/?p=3219"},"modified":"2017-02-17T09:45:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T09:45:46","slug":"preston-soroptimists-one-billion-rising-for-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/preston-soroptimists-one-billion-rising-for-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Preston Soroptimists &#8211; One Billion Rising for Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of SI Preston joined staff and students at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) for an annual gathering to make a stand against violence to women and children around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The One Billion Rising for Justice (VDay) campaign, held every year on the 14 February, is a global event that brings people together to stand, sing and dance to demand an end to violence against women.\u00a0 It is the fourth year in a row that UCLan, has organised the Preston event for participants to join in the \u2018Break the Chain\u2019 dance at the same time as other One Billion events around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary of Preston\u2019s Soroptimist International women\u2019s group, Lynn Yates, said: \u201cWe are currently lobbying the government about funding cuts to domestic violence services so it\u2019s fantastic to see UCLan organising this event and helping to raise awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another participant, local businessman and community ambassador Phil Parramore, commented: \u201cThere are no excuses in this world for harassment, bullying and violence and we always need to find new and better ways to tackle these issues.\u00a0 It\u2019s great to see people coming together today to make a stand; it\u2019s a message that impacts all of us in different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s extremely important in the world that we live in to raise awareness and create a space where women\u2019s voices are heard and listened to.<\/p>\n<p>The worldwide event takes place on the same day every year in hundreds of countries.\u00a0 It calls for people to gather safely outside places where women are entitled to justice such as police stations, government offices, places of worship, education or simply in public places where women deserve to feel safe.\u00a0 This year\u2019s One Billion Rising for Justice campaign focuses on the exploitation of women and girls and to highlight the shocking statistic that one in three women will be beaten or raped in their lifetime.\u00a0 With the world population at seven billion, this adds up to more than one billion women and girls<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 252px\" width=\"1071\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"250\"><a href=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2017\/02\/Preston-1billion-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3217 aligncenter\" src=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2017\/02\/Preston-1billion-01-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Preston Soroptimists - One Billion Rising for Justice\" width=\"252\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2017\/02\/Preston-1billion-01-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2017\/02\/Preston-1billion-01-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2017\/02\/Preston-1billion-01.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\"><a href=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2017\/02\/Preston-1billion-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3218 aligncenter\" src=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2017\/02\/Preston-1billion-02-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Preston Soroptimists - One Billion Rising for Justice\" width=\"252\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Lynn Yates<\/em><strong> (SI Preston)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of SI Preston joined staff and students at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":3217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-2017","category-ourblog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Preston Soroptimists - One Billion Rising for Justice | News | Blog | Events | SI North West England and the Isle of Man<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI North West England and the Isle of Man : Blog &amp; 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