Photo Credit: Paula Allen Join us for two screenings of the award-winning documentary film CITY OF JOY and talkbacks with Eve and Christine this February in Los Angeles and Oakland, CA. CITY OF JOY, directed by first-time director Madeleine Gavin, follows the…
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Global Activism, Until The Violence Stops
Dearest Activists, Friends & Supporters, It’s been an unbelievable year. Our 20th year was marked by fierce activism, which turned pain into power and brought our movement even further along in the fight to end gender-based violence. Each day, we were…
Women at City of Joy Send Congratulations to Nobel Peace Prize Winners: V-Rage & Rise
On 10 December in Oslo, the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to our brother, partner, and friend, Dr. Denis Mukwege and our sister-activist Nadia Murad. Eve Ensler and Christine Schuler Deschryver (who together with Dr. Mukwege co-founded the City…
Give Joy
As we enter the holiday season, abundance abounds. Women’s leadership is celebrated in the news and is more necessary than ever. Over 1100 graduates of the City of Joy are leading in their communities, shaping the future of Congo with…
Congratulations to Dr. Denis Mukwege & Nadia Murad – Winners of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize!
V-Day, One Billion Rising & City of Joy are thrilled to celebrate our brother, our partner, our friend, Dr. Denis Mukwege and our sister-activist Nadia Murad, who today, both received the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. Photo: Paula Allen for V-Day…
City of Joy: Here’s What’s Changed – A Photo Essay by Eve Ensler and Paula Allen
Photos: Paula Allen for V-Day It’s been over two years since I’ve been able to visit City of Joy. No luck with visas combined with high insecurity. The war quietly and invisibly rages on but City of Joy, like so…
CITY OF JOY Documentary Released Worldwide as a Netflix Original Film TODAY
Released Globally TODAY as a Netflix Original Film, The Award-winning CITY OF JOY Takes the Audience on an Intimate and Inspiring Journey News, reviews and interviews are breaking across the media. Following is a snapshot of what’s being said about…
TUNE IN to Interviews with Christine, Eve, and Madeleine on behalf of CITY OF JOY
TUNE in as Christine Schuler Deschryver – City of Joy Co-Founder and Director, Eve Ensler – Playwright, Founder of V-Day, and Co-Founder of City of Joy, and Madeleine Gavin – CITY OF JOY Film Director are interviewed about CITY OF…
The Netflix Documentary ‘City Of Joy’ Highlights The Importance Of Worldwide Female Sexual Education
Published in Bustle By Casey Cipriani In Bukavu, a city in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, there is a place where women who’ve suffered brutal rapes at the hands of violent militias can find safety, comfort, and…
City of Joy Reveals Extraordinary Effort to Offer Safety to Women in Congo
Published in Westword By Daphne Howland City of Joy premieres September 7 on Netflix For some two decades in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, rape has been a tool of war that has killed or disfigured hundreds of thousands…