V-Day Date in the current year: February 14, 2024

The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play based on interviews Ensler conducted with 200 women from different countries about their views on relationships, sex, and gender-based violence. The play opened in October 1996 and won the Obie Award for Best New Play. Inspired by the success of her play, Ensler created V-Day, an activist movement to stop violence against women and girls across the world.

Since 1998, thousands of royalty-free productions of The Vagina Monologues have been held every February 14 to raise money to benefit female victims of violence and sexual abuse. Along with these performances, V-Day events include rallies, marches, film screenings, festivals, and other events aiming to raise awareness of violence against women.

Since the inception of the V-Day movement, it has raised over $100 million dollar. The funds were used to finance international PSA, media and educational campaigns, as well as to fund over 12,000 safe houses and anti-violence programs in Iraq, Egypt, Kenya, Haiti, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.