Within the scope of the One Billion Rising campaign, citizens in Kosovo have protested against violence towards women for the fourth consecutive year. 
    According to official statistics, worldwide one in three women is raped or experiences violence in the family in her lifetime. That adds up to one billion women.  KWN Research reports show that in Kosovo 48.5% of citizens have been subjected to some forms of sexual harassment from them 64.1% are women and girls and 35.4% men and boys. 
   On the other side 62% of Kosovars have suffered domestic violence during their life including 68% women and girls and 56% men and boys.  In 2013, one billion women and men shook the earth through dance to end violence against women and girls in an event called One Billion Rising. The OBR campaign culminated in the biggest mass global action to end violence against women ever with tens of thousands of events held in more than 190 countries including Kosovo that joined for its beginning. 
    Therefore today on 14 Feb. the march started at 12:00 in front of National Theatre to Zahir Pajaziti Square where after the march was given also the performance “Most Hesht” written by Dardana Mehmeti, that aimed to raise awareness among citizens to report sexual harassment, and as always this campaign ended with its traditional dancing that was prepared by Artpolis, where except the young women and men danced also dozens of citizens to danced and said no to violence. 
This campaign was organized from: Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN), Artpolis and Girls Coding Kosova.