Wherever we are, we remember. While not all of us are able to vigil , many more women are now joining us at the Edith Cavell statue in central London.
WiB London
Our focus this week and next is the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The world is still awash with nuclear weapons. Some of us will vigil this evening at the Edith Cavell statue at 6.00pm On the anniversary of Hiroshima we urge the UK Government to sign the Treaty on the […]
75 years: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Today marks our 19th Solidarity at a Distance Vigil with Women in Black London. Some of us will meet at the Edith Cavell statue between 6 – 7 pm. Please join in whatever way you can – lighting a candle at this time, putting the leaflet in your window, posting the leaflet on FB or […]
End Arms Sales to Saudi
But it is lovely to see five London Women in Black back at Edith today!
Stop selling Arms to Saudi Arabia
Today marks our 17th Solidarity at a Distance Vigil with Women in Black London. A few of us now venture down to the Edith Cavell statue on Wednesday between 6 – 7 pm, others join in whatever way they can – lighting a candle at this time, putting the leaflet in their window, posting the […]
Sexual and Domestic Violence & Covid-19
Please take action: Sign the Avaz petition, here: Palestine must live Take action with Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Challenging the annexation of Palestine
Sign the Campaign against the Arms Trade’s letter to the government, calling for a Global Ceasefire and an end to arms sales. Meanwhile, at Edith, our first post-lockdown-easing vigil in central London.
Solidarity with Refugee Women, and a live vigil
Week twelve of our ‘ physical distancing – social solidarity’ Our focus this week is on the abuse of the rights of young Palestinian people – remembering those who have been killed and those who are imprisoned in Israel. You canjoin almost 7,500 people in signing a petition calling for an inquiry into the killing of Iyad Halaq here. Find […]
Solidarity with Palestinian children
24 May was initiated as International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament in the 1980s by women opposing the deployment of nuclear weapons in Europe.