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Women in Black with white poppies — This week marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war. For the past three weeks, Women in Black London, have been displaying and selling the white poppy, which symbolises the desire for an end to all armed conflict, and the remembrance of all victims of war.

Remembrance…….

This entry was posted in Vigils on 7th November 2018 by WiB London

Women in Black London are amongst more than 50 organisations around the world who have signed up to a statement on the UN Day for Protection of the Environment in Armed Conflict. You can read the statement Human security requires environmental security here

UN Day for Protection of the Environment in Armed Conflict

This entry was posted in Vigils on 6th November 2018 by WiB London

Countering the militarisation of youth

This entry was posted in Vigils on 2nd November 2018 by WiB London

With millions living across the world with no peace and no security, we asked people to imagine what the UK could do if it didn’t spend £44.7 billion a year on Defence, or what the world could be like if it didn’t spend £3.64 billion per day on the military!

UN Disarmament Week

This entry was posted in Vigils on 26th October 2018 by WiB London

With around 14 million people now at risk of famine in the Yemen, a famine that is considered to be potentially the world’s worst famine in 100 years, Women in Black again called on the UK government to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia. In the same week Saudi Arabia is under the spotlight following the […]

Yemen in famine – end arms sales to Saudi Arabia

This entry was posted in Vigils on 17th October 2018 by WiB London

In advance of NATO’s November military exercises, one of the largest of its kind, Women in Black called for the abolition of NATO, the closure of its military bases and and for the costs of NATO to be used instead for health and welfare .

Women in Black say No to NATO

This entry was posted in Vigils on 10th October 2018 by WiB London

As always, on the first Wedesday of the month, we continued to remind passers-by and the UK government, that without justice and recognition of the democratic rights of Palestinians, there will be no peace in the region. Photograph: Sam Walton

First Wednesday: for justice and peace in Palestine

This entry was posted in Vigils on 4th October 2018 by WiB London

Welcome to London Women in Black’s blog. We hold silent vigils every Wednesday in the centre of London. Our message is simple: Women in Black oppose war, violence and militarism; we stand for peace, with justice. Click on each week’s box to find out more, and read the leaflets we give out to the public. […]