NEW YORK V-Day, the global movement to end violence against women and girls will release its first documentary, "Until the Violence Stops," in February on Lifetime Television.

In , 800 cities participated in a movement to end violence against women and girls called V-Day, which grew out of Eve Ensler's play, "The Vagina Monologues."

"Until the Violence Stops" is a one-hour, commercial-free documentary that follows the grassroots impact of V-Day in five international communities while exposing the pervasive and cultural forms of violence that women experience all over the world. Directed by Abby Epstein, the story begins at a star-studded V-Day benefit at Harlem's Apollo Theater and travels to regional events in Ukiah California, the Philippines and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, culminating in the opening of the first V-Day Safe House for girls in Kenya. What emerges is an alternately devastating and hopeful look at the global and grassroots efforts in motion to stop violence against women and girls.

"Until the Violence Stops" will premiere on Lifetime as part of the network's ongoing, Emmy Award-winning campaign,Our Lifetime Commitment: Stop Violence Against Women," which includes extensive on-air original programming, online content and community outreach to change lives and laws for the better.

V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop worldwide violence against women and girls including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sexual slavery. Day stages large-scale benefits and produces innovative gatherings, films, and programs (such as the upcoming documentary "Until The Violence Stops;" community briefings with Amnesty International on the missing and murdered women of Juarez, Mexico; the December V-Day delegation trip to Israel, Palestine, Egypt and Jordan; The Afghan Women's Summit; The Stop Rape Contest; and The Indian Country Project) to educate and change social attitudes towards violence against women.

In , more than 1,000 V-Day benefit events were presented by volunteer activists around the world, educating millions of people about the reality of violence against women and girls and raising $4 million.

The V-Day movement is growing at a rapid pace throughout the world. V-Day, a non-profit corporation, distributes funds to grassroots, national, and international organizations and programs that work to stop violence against women and girls. In its first year of incorporation (), V-Day was named one of Worth Magazine's "100 Best Charities." In its first six years, the V-Day movement has raised over $20 million.

Source: Lifetime Television