V-Day, "The Vagina Monologues" and Valentine's Day

Couples across the country know that February 14th is Valentine’s Day. But each year, women also mark the date as V-Day, with performances of the award-winning play The Vagina Monologues. What does V-Day have to do with The Vagina Monologues and Valentine's Day? How are the three related to playwright Eve Ensler's effort to launch a campaign to benefit women worldwide?

Theatrical performance and political activism combine in V-Day, established to raise funds for - and awareness of - violence against women. Conceived and built around performances of Eve Ensler's award-winning play The Vagina Monologues, over the past decade V-Day has grown into an international movement closely associated with Valentine's Day. Learn more about the play and the movement, and what it is the V in V-Day stands for.

• What is V-Day?
  Find out how a play about female genitalia evolved into an international campaign to raise funds and awareness to prevent violence against women and girls.
• "The Vagina Monologues" by Eve Ensler
  A look at the award-winning play and how a series of intimate monologues can be a voice for change and a call to action.
• A Decade of V-Day - From the Beginning to the Tenth Anniversary
  What's happened in the decade since one woman's play about female anatomy spawned a global movement associated with Valentine's Day.
• Controversy Provoked by V-Day and "The Vagina Monologues"
  From ongoing organized protests on college campuses to an iconic celebrity's inadvertent use of a four-letter word on live TV, V-Day has attracted controversy.
• 5 Ways To Celebrate V-Day
  Valentine's Day may bring to mind hearts, chocolates and flowers, but V-Day is much more. Here are several ways you can support this grassroots movement in your community.