Time for the boys to stand up to 'Ring the Bell'

KATHMANDU, March 10: ‘Ring the Bell’ campaign was launched on March 8, marking the occasion of International Women’s Day. The campaign, organized by MenEngage Nepal and Save the Children, is a call to all men to protest and take definite action against violence against women.

The campaign is designed to conclude on December 10, which celebrates International Human Rights Day, by which it aims to gather the promises of one million boys and men around the world to stand up to end violence against women and girls. [break]



“Our experiences tell us that having laws and policies alone are not enough to end the various forms of gender based violence unless men and boys are more respectful of women and girls. This campaign is part of a call for action on individuals and collective actions to challenge structures, ideologies, behaviors, practices and traditional cultures that perpetuate the cycle of violence,” said Laxman Belbase, regional coordinator of MenEngage South Asia.



Based on the ‘Bell Bajaun’ campaign which was launched by Breakthrough in India in 2008, ‘Ring the Bell’ is the global introduction. The campaign has helped to change the way domestic violence is viewed in India. It has since been adapted in China, Malaysia, Pakistan and Vietnam. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is the first global ambassador of ‘Ring the Bell’. The campaign not only asks boys and men to help stop violence against women but also asks them to challenge, educate, interrupt, push, respect, share, stand, support, teach kids and donate.

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