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V-DAY 2007 BRINGS THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES TO 65 TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS THE UK.

1st of February marks the beginning of the highly anticipated 2007 V-Day Season.

A new series of performances of The Vagina Monologues have been set up across the UK in order to celebrate women's bodies and create awareness and funds towards ending violence against women. A total of 65 have been set up this year.

Multiple universities and local organisations have been busy organising their own exceptional benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues, most of them running in the period from the 14th February, Valentines day to the 8th of March, The International Women's Day. The plays raise money for local women's and children's charities which provide services for women who have experienced abuse, or campaign to prevent and end violence against women and girls.

Each year V-Day spotlights a specific theme regarding women and violence. This year the theme is "Reclaiming Peace" in order to put focus on women in conflict zones as war exponentially increases the crimes of violence carried out against women and girls. In equal measure the strength and resilience of women in rebuilding their communities and leading governments to peaceful solutions will be celebrated.

Theatres, pubs, cafes, universities and even lounge rooms across the UK from Plymouth to Nottingham in England to Aberystwyth in Wales to St. Andrews in Scotland and Limerick in Ireland will be buzzing with women and men celebrating the female body while helping raise funds to end the violence that women and girls of today continue to endure.

V-Day was born in 1998 with Eve Ensler's award-winning play, The Vagina Monologues. As Eve performed the piece in towns and cities around the world, hundreds of women told her their stories of rape, incest, domestic violence and genital mutilation. It was clear that something dramatic needed to be done to stop the violence. V-Day is today a global movement in which women across the world work together to stop the violence. V-Day in the UK is a major part of this global movement.

The V-Day campaign in the UK is organised by Tender. Tender is a creative campaign and educational organisation working to end violence and abuse towards women and young people by prevention. We are working on various projects such as TRUST to spread the message that violence towards women is unacceptable.

Tender recently updated the V-Day UK web site.

www.vdayuk.org holds more information about V-Day and how we work towards bringing violence against women to a final end. Furthermore, you can find out about venues and dates for the play nearest to your location by visiting www.vdayuk.org/find . Being part of a V-Day audience and seeing this extraordinary play is a great experience, which unquestionably sparks both laughter and tears throughout the performance.

Editors Notes: V-Day invites anyone to stop violence in their community by producing a fundraising gala performance of The Vagina Monologues between Valentine's Day and International Women's Day - the proceeds from these are donated to local charities specifically preventing violence against women.

For more information on Tender's work you can visit the website @ www.tender.org.uk .