Women In Black. For justice. Against war

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Women in Black London’s vigils take place every Wednesday from 6-7pm at the Edith Cavell Statue, St Martin’s Lane, just above Trafalgar Square and opposite the National Portrait Gallery. We vigil in silence, preferably wearing black, calling for peace and justice, and against war and militarism, on a range of different themes related to war […]

Join our Vigils in 2019

This entry was posted in Vigils on 9th January 2019 by WiB London

Here we are in our shiny sparky vigil urging the public to make a donation to organisations that provide support people in conflict zones or who work for peace, and to resolve to work for peace and against war and the arms trade in the new year. To make it more special, we welcomed Sheila […]

Give a Present for Peace this Christmas

This entry was posted in Vigils on 19th December 2018 by WiB London

Tonight we marked the end of 16 Days against Violence against Women, with a reminder that Women’s Rights are Human Rights, two days after the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

Against Violence against Women: Human Rights Day

This entry was posted in Vigils on 12th December 2018 by WiB London

On 25 November, women from all over the world took to the streets to say: NO more violence against women! This Wednesday – in London’s rain – we joined this global voice.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

This entry was posted in Vigils on 28th November 2018 by WiB London

Every £ spent on the military is one £ less to spend on things we need: NHS, pensions, social care. Women in Black said No to NATO, an aggressive and costly military pact.

Women in Black say No to NATO

This entry was posted in Vigils on 14th November 2018 by WiB London

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

This is international week for countering the militarisation of youth – including the recruitment of young people under the age of 18 into the military (as in the UK). The UK government spends more than £45 million a year promoting a “military ethos” in schools, encouraging children as young as 12 to support the military, […]

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