Celebrate Your Mother With A V-Card for Mother's Day! Your V-Gift will be put to work to end violence against women and girls, addressing the most critical issues facing women around the world. A V-Card is the perfect gift. V-Cards arrive on time AND you will know that your gift is needed and will be well-used. Click here to give this gift! V-Day distributes funds to grassroots, national and international organizations and programs that work to stop violence against women and girls around the world. Violence against women affects one in three women in the U.S and the world, your tax deductible donation of $25, $50, $100, $500, or more will help V-Day end violence against women! Click here to give this gift! PLEASE NOTE: V-Cards are sent by email immediately. Click on the link above to send your v-card on the same day you would like it to be received. Christine Schuler Deschryver Honored at Women's eNews 21 Leaders For The 21st Century Gala Our V-Day Congo Representative & Director of City of Joy, Christine Schuler Deschryver, will be honored at the Women's eNews 21 Leaders For The 21st Century Gala Dinner on Thursday May 7, in New York City. Women's eNews' 21 Leaders for the 21st Century is an awe-inspiring, reader-nominated list of activists and leaders from all over the world who are making news by changing women's lives. Christine was given this honor for her passionate and committed work to end violence against women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). V-Day is privileged to have Christine on our staff and to be working with her to turn pain to power in the DRC. Thandie Newton To Read A Teenage Girl's Guide To Surviving Sex Slavery at Congo Event in London On Thursday May 7, actor Thandie Newton will be performing Eve's newest monologue A Teenage Girl's Guide To Surviving Sex Slavery, at an event hosted by politician and broadcaster Oona King at the Southbank Centre. The event is part of Congo Now! a weeklong campaign of events and publicity celebrating the Congo and highlighting the unacceptable conflict there. The evening will feature Congolese talent and British artists inspired by the country - writers, poets, musicians and visual artists. There will be Congolese dance and music in The Front Room space as part of the event and a photo exhibit by the acclaimed photojournalist Susan Schulman. For more information and tickets please click here. Eve Honored By YWCA and Addresses Canadian Parliament On April 28th, Eve Ensler and Stephen Lewis, former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, were invited to speak to Parliamentarians and Senators of the Canadian Government for "Until The Violence Stops: How Canada Can Help End The Use Of Sexual Violence As A Weapon In War." The program was organized by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and Other Crimes Against Humanity, a group of Parliamentarians from all parties in the House of Commons and the Senate who have a common interest in the prevention of genocide and crimes against humanity. This groundbreaking program offered Eve and Mr. Lewis the opportunity to speak directly with over a dozen policy makers about the need for Canada to contribute to ending the use of sexual violence against women in war in general, and in the DRC in particular. Read Eve's Speech > Eve then traveled to Washington D.C for the YWCA USA 150th anniversary gala awards dinner on May 1st. Eve Ensler, Lilly Ledbetter, Patti Austin and Dorothy I. Height, were all honored and recognized for their leadership in service to women and girls and awarded the YWCA Fearless Leader Award. Read more > Open Window, Raises Awareness About Violence Against Women OPEN WINDOW, an independent feature starring Robin Tunney, Joel Edgerton, Cybill Shepherd and Elliot Gould, is a poignant love story about a newly engaged couple who find their cozy world shattered by a random act of violence. The film is an intimate, honest portrayal of the repercussions and the recovery process of a rape survivor and her loved ones. The writing/directing debut of accomplished motion picture editor Mia Goldman ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "The Big Easy"), the film is based on a traumatic experience that happened to her over ten years ago while editing on location. Her goal in making OPEN WINDOW is to communicate to other survivors of violence that hope exists and that it is never too late to start the recovery process. For more information, visit http://www.openwindowmovie.com/