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| ⚫ | White Ribbon Day - History | ||
| {{Infobox Single | | |||
| | Name = White Ribbon Day | |||
| | Artist = ] | |||
| | from Album = ] | |||
| | Cover = Delirious_whiteribbonday.jpg | |||
| | Released = 1997 | |||
| | Format = ] | |||
| | Recorded = ] | |||
| | Genre = ], ] | |||
| | Length = | |||
| | Label = ] | |||
| | Producer = ] | |||
| | Chart position = 41 (]) | |||
| | Last single = N/A | |||
| | This single = '''"White Ribbon Day"'''<br/> (1997) | |||
| | Next single = "]"<br/> (1997) | |||
| }} | |||
| White Ribbon Day was created by a handful of Canadian men in 1991 on the second anniversary of massacre of fourteen women at a Montreal University by a man enraged that women were taking "men's" college subjects. They began the White Ribbon Campaign to urge men to speak out against violence against women. | |||
| '''"White Ribbon Day"''' is the first single released by rock band ]. It was released in ], from their album ']'. | |||
| In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly declared November 25 the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) and the White Ribbon has become the symbol for the day. | |||
| Lead singer, ] wrote the song after being inspired by a news report from ] that he had seen in early ]. The report informed about casualties in the area. It mentioned a group of people who had adopted white ribbons as a symbol of hope. The report included the phrase "The people pray for white ribbon day". This line was included in the lyrics of the song. | |||
| From 2000, the Commonwealth Government Office for Women ran awareness activities on the International Day, and, in 2003, the Australian branch of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM, began a partnership with men and men's organisations to make this a national campaign. Ten thousand white ribbons were distributed in 2003. | |||
| In light of the events of ], the song was released as a free download on the band's website. ] remarked that it was not an attempt to gain popularity in light of the terrible events, but rather a change in the band's short-term plans." | |||
| By 2009 White Ribbon Day had spread across many countries to commemorate all the women who die in organized male-pattern violence like war, the hundreds of millions of women who are under virtual house arrest from birth till death in the Mideast, the acid attacks, the brutal rapes, the spousal violence and grinding poverty women endure around the globe. | |||
| ==Track listing== | |||
| #"White Ribbon Day" (Radio Edit) | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| #"Absolutely Absolute" | |||
| #"White Ribbon Day" (Two Mile Free Fall) | |||
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| {{1990s-single-stub}} | |||
| ] | |||
Revision as of 02:42, 15 June 2009
White Ribbon Day - History
White Ribbon Day was created by a handful of Canadian men in 1991 on the second anniversary of massacre of fourteen women at a Montreal University by a man enraged that women were taking "men's" college subjects. They began the White Ribbon Campaign to urge men to speak out against violence against women.
In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly declared November 25 the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) and the White Ribbon has become the symbol for the day.
From 2000, the Commonwealth Government Office for Women ran awareness activities on the International Day, and, in 2003, the Australian branch of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM, began a partnership with men and men's organisations to make this a national campaign. Ten thousand white ribbons were distributed in 2003.
By 2009 White Ribbon Day had spread across many countries to commemorate all the women who die in organized male-pattern violence like war, the hundreds of millions of women who are under virtual house arrest from birth till death in the Mideast, the acid attacks, the brutal rapes, the spousal violence and grinding poverty women endure around the globe.