In the weeks running up to Christmas, London Women in Black urged passers-by to give a present for peace by supporting key charities and other organisations working against war, for refugees and for peace.
WiB London
This week we have something to celebrate, ahead of the formal ceremony awarding the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to ICAN – the International Campaign to Nuclear Weapons – for its work in bringing about the adoption of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Many cheers from us, especially as Rebecca Johnson, a […]
6 December: ICAN wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Ahead of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, we continued to highlight the injustice of the Occupation – in this 50th anniversary year.
International Day for Palestine November 2017
Starting off the annual sixteen days of action against violence against women, our leaflet highlighted violence against women in peace and how militarized violence damages both women and the men who perpetrate that violence; and – to commemorate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights – emphasized that women’s rights are human rights.
International Day against Violence against Women
This week, London Women in Black joined up with friends from War Resisters International, Forces Watch and other organizations to support the International Week of Action against the Militarization of Youth, (20-26 November 2017). The militarization of youth is a world-wide issue: but as we we live in the only EU country which recruits 16 […]
15 November: Against the Militarization of Youth
The world spends £2.96 billion a day on the military; in Disarmament Week, London Women in Black suggested some ways in which states and civil society could change this.
UN Disarmament Week 25 October 2017
Our September vigils included the International Day of Peace.
Vigil photos, September 2017
On 20 September 2017, the nuclear ban treaty was opened for signatures by UN member states, with over 50 signing up on the first day. But not the UK government – naturally Women in Black in London took the first opportunity to call on our government to sign this important new treaty.
Nuclear Ban Treaty – September 2017
As one of the world’s largest arms fairs takes place in London, Women in Black are asking Londoners and visitors to the city, to show their opposition. The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) is heavily subsidized by the UK government, which uses it to promote the sale of UK-manufactured arms to countries at war […]
Stop the Arms Fair, Vigils 6 & 13 September 2017
In solidarity with Ethiopian women activists, our vigil this week focused on the sexual violence, mainly against women, which has followed the state of emergency declared last year in Ethiopia, and which is carried out by the state authorities often against women who oppose the government, or members of ordinary civil society.