(14 Feb 2013)
Brussels, Belgium
1. Wide of women dancing in Place de la Monnaie in central Brussels
2. Close of women dancing
3. Wide of dance
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Zita Gurmai, Hungarian Member of the European Parliament:
"Every woman counts, it does not matter whether you are in Europe or outside of Europe, I believe violence against women is an issue which we have to take seriously."
5. Pan right from women dancing to stage and woman singing
6. Close of woman singing
7. Wide of crowd cheering
8. Wide of exterior of European Commission building
9. Mid of European Commission workers dancing
10. Close of women dancing
11. Mid of workers dancing
12. Close of man filming dance with mobile phone
13. Mid of dance
14. Mid of European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule watching, clapping hands
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Cecile Greboval, General Secretary of European's Women Lobby:
"Everyone can act so of course this is also asking our big decision-makers to be a bit stronger about violence against women, to have a European year against violence against women, a bigger mobilisation, but also to show that this is not for women only, this is not for activists only, this is something that we all are concerned with and we all should do something about."
Berlin, Germany
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16. Various of people dancing in "Pariser Platz" in front of the Brandenburg Gate
17. Close up of hands in the air
18. Mid of women dancing
19. Mid of woman dancing with dog
20. SOUNBDITE (German) Claudia Zinke, organiser of "One Billion Rising" dance protest:
"One billion women suffer violence and we want this to end."
21. Pan left of people gathered near the Brandenburg Gate
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people in Belgium and Germany joined a global protest opposing violence against women on Thursday.
The events were part of the global "One Billion Rising" campaign launched by American author Eve Ensler, calling for people across the globe to "rise up" against all forms of violence against women.
According to the campaign website, one (b) billion women all over the world will suffer some form of violence in their lifetime, whether physical or psychological.
In the Belgian capital Brussels, people gathered in Place de la Monnaie to perform a dance in protest against violence against women.
"Every woman counts, it does not matter if you are in Europe or outside of Europe, we believe violence against women is an issue which we have to take seriously," said Zita Gurmai, Hungarian Member of the European Parliament.
Earlier, a dance was also performed by employees inside the European Commission building.
In the German capital Berlin, people danced in front of the Brandenburg Gate late on Thursday afternoon.
"One billion women suffer violence and we want this to end," said Claudia Zinke, organiser of the "One Billion Rising" dance protest in Germany.
According to organisers, similar events took place in 205 countries on Thursday.
The event was organised to coincide with Valentine's Day.
Ensler, author of "The Vagina Monologues," announced the campaign last year, urging women and men around the world to walk out of work or school on February 14, 2013, and dance to raise awareness of the troubling United Nations statistic that one in three women worldwide will be raped or beaten in her lifetime.
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