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To prevent the use of nuclear weapons and the waging of nuclear warwe must support and implement all the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation treaties. Vigils on 13 and 20 July 2022. Seventy seven years after nuclear bombs were first used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons still threaten theworld. The war between Russia and Ukraine […]

The UK should support all nuclear weapons treaties

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Refugee Week Vigil
The 2022 Refugee Week runs between 20 – 26 June. It was established in 1998 to highlight the resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. We think especially of the vulnerability of women and children. Everyone has a right to be safe. Some basic facts about refugees and those seeking asylum. According to the Refugee […]

Support women fleeing war and conflict

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Internatinal Gun Destruction Day
Vigils on 8 & 15 June Guns should be Destroyed – not Re-used Worldwide, a thousand people die every day from gunshots, and three times as many are severely injured. Spinal cords severed, bones shattered, families destroyed, hearts broken. If 1000 people a day were dying from a globa When more than 1000 people a day […]

International Gun Destruction Day, 9 June

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Women in Black oppose militarism and war.Russia’s invasion, occupation and war with Ukraine has entered its 6th week. Millions of people, the majority women and children, have become refugees. As with most wars, it is becoming clear that women and children are the innocent victims of violence and war crimes.Vigilante groups and people traffickers have […]

Violence and war crimes against women and children in Ukraine

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WiB vigil remembering all wars
While the world focus is on Russia’s war with Ukraine, we must not forget the deaths anddisplacements, destruction and famine caused in continuing wars and conflicts and illegaloccupations. Some of these conflicts involve the use of weapons from UK arms companies,licensed by the UK government. Women and children are especially vulnerable when they aretrapped in […]

Remembering wars and conflicts in Yemen and Afghanistan

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Women in Black oppose militarism and war.We recognise that many wars and violations of human rights and women’s rights are takingplace around the world, with and without the presence of nuclear weapons.In the face of the Putin government’s military invasion of Ukraine, Women in Black call for: First – with urgent action➔ an immediate ceasefire […]

End War on Ukraine – Immediate ceasefire – Prevent ...

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