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 Local businesses support 10th anniversary of V-Day celebrations and raise funds for refugee women in Hong Kong!
Six events planned for March 2008 culminating in a four night performance of The Vagina Monologues at The Fringe Studio The Hong Kong V-Day team is pleased to announce five new activities to support the V-Day global movement and raise funds for refugee women living in Hong Kong. Proceeds from these events will be handed over to Christian Action’s women’s emergency fund, with 10 percent going to the V-Day global movement. Last year HK$100,000 was raised. This year to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the V-Day movement, the Hong Kong organizers hope to increase funds raised by 50 percent with a range of fund raising activities that will kick off on International Women’s Day – 1 March 2008. These include:
1 March - DJs, cocktails and burlesque dancers at Bed, 57-59 Lower Ground Floor, Wyndham Street
4 March – ladies only night at Les Peches The Lounge, Fong Underground,
8 March – ‘Crawl for a Cause’. Pub crawl with Igor's Group selling special V-Day cocktails
15 March – female talent night at Swindlers, Wanchai
16 March – art exhibition at Solas, Wyndham Street, Soho These events will culminate in the benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues, which will be held from 25 to 29 March 2008 at the Fringe Studio. Two versions of the show will take place in Cantonese on 25-26 March and two in English 28-29 March. Many local businesses have pledged their support for these activities including the Igor Group, Café O, Les Peches, Secret Wardrobe, Curves, Benefit pilates, The Economist and Kronenbourg 1664. Organiser, Danielle Spencer said: “We have brought together a group of very talented women to perform at the benefit performances of Eve Ensler’s world famous play, The Vagina Monologues. To raise even more funds than ever before we’ve organized some really entertaining activities throughout March that include talent and comedy nights, clubs and art exhibitions. We are extremely grateful to all the organizations that are supporting us this year whether through raffle prizes, sponsorship or providing free venues. We look forward to working with them to raise the best funds every for this local and global cause.” Tickets for The Vagina Monologues are $275 and are available at The Hong Kong Fringe Club and Hong Kong Ticketing (http://www.hkticketing.com). Information on the other activities can be found at www.phoenixation.com/vday. About V-Day
V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler’s award winning play The Vagina Monologues. 2008 marks V-Day’s 10th year anniversary and with it V-Day has introduced two new events, V-Day’s A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer: Writings on Violence Against Women and Girls, and the V-Day documentary Until The Violence Stops. In 2007, more than 3000 V-Day events took place around the world. To date, the V-Day movement has raised over $50 million and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it. The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina. http://www.vday.org What is the V-Day Campaign?
The V-Day Campaign is a catalyst for mobilizing women and men to heighten awareness about violence against women and girls. By creating this global community, V-Day strives to empower women to find their collective voices and demand an end to the violence.
(information provided by the organiser)
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