Yearly archives: 2015




Over the last month WIB-London has been lucky enough to have a wonderful volunteer to help us with our work. She’s sorted out our collection of banners and placards, made a new leaflet (see below)and taken it around to women’s meetings and wherever likely WiBs might be, she made us a new Facebook page, and […]

New leaflet, new Facebook page – thank you Candela!



With an updated leaflet, we held two vigils calling for the end to the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system, on 1 and 22 July. [gview file=”https://london.womeninblack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/08/Trident-leaflet-June-2015-amended.pdf”]

Stop Trident Vigils in July





Back to one of our regular themes:despite the massive opposition to renewing”our” nuclear weapons system, the government persists with going ahead, whilst proposing masive cuts in public expenditure on essential services.[gview file=”https://london.womeninblack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/07/Trident-leaflet-June-2015-amended.pdf”]

Cut Trident, not public services



In the run up to the parliamentary election in the UK, our vigils on 29 April and 6 May encouraged voters to vote for parties that had a progressive position on real peace and security. Part of our strategy was to encourage votes for parliamentary candidates who opposed the renewal of Trident,the UK’s nuclear weapons […]

Election vigils: Vote for real peace and security





As in previous years, we joined with other women’s organisations, for a pre-International Women’s Day Vigil. We had good support from partner organisations this evening and gave out plenty of leaflets. We called for NO TO MALE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – in the home; – in the community; -in peace and in war. The Network […]

International Women’s Day Vigil, 4 March 2015