On February 14, women, men and children everywhere were rising up in opposition to violence against women. We were part of a campaign called One Billion Rising, which grew out of the fact that 1 in 3 women around the world will be raped or abused in her lifetime. That’s more than one billion women and girls.
UNICEF works around the world to protect women and girls from violence. In 2007, UNICEF and V-Day launched the creation of a safe space in Bakavu, DRC, for survivors of sexual violence, called City of Joy. This is just one example of how UNICEF and partners are working to end violence against women and children.

As you settle into the new year and recover from the hectic end of the last, it’s a great time to take stock. Not just of goals and resolutions for 2008 but of what we have accumulated. Everyone has a crazy aunt or uncle who gets them ties for your business casual job or sweaters that may have fit in the eighth grade.