Where courage meets collective action
Join the movement to end gender-based violence through collective self-defense, solidarity, and real-time intervention. Inspired by bonobos. Led by us.
Sisterhood is our superpower
The Bonobo Sisterhood Alliance is a global movement rooted in the radical idea that we can end gender-based violence—together. Inspired by the female bonobo primates’ model of collective protection, we empower individuals and communities to interrupt harm in real time, build safer spaces through sisterhood, solidarity, and action.
Diane Rosenfeld explains the Bonobo Sisterhood Alliance
Events
Cari Simon
September Bonobo Sisterhood Community Conversations
Making Women’s Rights Real
Sunday, September 27th at 5pm EST
Zoom Registration
Join me in conversation with Cari Simon, a nationally recognized Title IX and civil rights attorney, about what it takes to make women’s rights real.
Cari and I have worked together for more than a decade. She first worked with me as a student at Harvard Law School and later became the inaugural fellow of Harvard Law School’s Gender Violence Program. Since then, we have represented survivors of campus sexual assault and worked to strengthen Title IX protections.
Our work starts from a simple idea: women already have inalienable human rights. The question is how we make institutions recognize and enforce them.
Introduction to Empowerment
Self Defense
Saturday, October 3rd - 11:30am-4pm - Providence RI Providence Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
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Bonobo Sisterhood Alliance is proud to sponsor an Introduction to Empowerment Self-Defense as part of the National Women’s Martial Arts Federation’s Weaving Strength Regional Conference.
Join us Saturday, October 3 at Providence BJJ for an afternoon of practical, empowering self-defense designed for all levels. Come back on Sunday October 4th for more Empowerment Self Defense classes, martial arts classes and healing arts classes.
And come early! Conference participants are invited to a special pre-conference brunch with Diane Rosenfeld at 11:30am on Saturday.
Heed the call. Protect your sister.
Join the movement
Step into your power and help build a world where harm is interrupted, not ignored. Together, we are transforming fear into fierce collective action.
Read the Book
Discover the ideas that launched a movement. The Bonobo Sisterhood, Revolution Through Female Alliance by Diane Rosenfeld, lays out a bold, actionable vision for ending gender-based violence through collective self-defense and community power.
Donate
Help us turn ideas into action. Your donation directly supports workshops, educational tools, and the growing movement to end gender-based violence through solidarity and self-defense.
