One Billion dance at home

By Margaret Maccoll

Noosa dancers will be tapping their toes in their living rooms this Valentines Day as they join others around the world COVID-style to stop violence against women and girls in the One Billion Rising project.

Violence against females results in one death a week in Australia and affects one in three women worldwide who in their lifetime will be beaten or raped – that’s more than one billion women.

This year the Noosa group dance has been cancelled but the event is far from forgotten.

Organiser Peppie Simpson said participants are being urged to learn the dance and perform it at home solo or with friends at 5pm on 14 February and video the activity to post on Facebook.

Peppie said an instruction…