Brescia House School: One Billion Rising

by Admin · February 23, 2023

Over the past few weeks, Brescia House School staff have been holding lessons and discussions with students about the need to stand together in solidarity and work for a better life for women and children worldwide. Discussions have centred on learning more about children’s rights and responsibilities, keeping safe, speaking out when people are hurt, learning to stand up against bullies, and learning about child abductions and labour.

On Tuesday, 14 February, the whole school gathered on the lawns in the shape of a handprint, representing each of us as humans. ‘No matter our race, creed, gender, religion, language or age, we need to treat everyone in our path with kindness and dignity,’ said Liz Norman.

Every year, since 2013, Brescia House School has supported the One Billion Rising event, in the hope for a future where all women, children and the earth flourish in a joyful symbiosis. When women and girls feel safe in their bodies, they come into their power. Launched on Valentine’s Day in 2012, One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women in human history.