Vigils

17 April 2024 If I had £54.2 billion I would spend it on …… In 2023/24 the UK military spending budget was £54.2 billion. We asked passers-by what they would spend this money on instead, and this is what 37 of them wrote. Education * * * * * All the gold in the world […]

GLOBAL DAYS OF ACTION ON MILITARY SPENDING   Recently updated!

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Women in Black London stand in vigil to express solidarity and support and remembrance for all women and their families displaced by war, persecution and oppression. Women make up half of all displaced people. The number of displaced people has increased dramatically worldwide to over 110 million. Read and or download this week’s leaflet, 14 […]

Protect women refugees – End all wars and violent conflict

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Vigil with symbolic shoes of the dead
Chalked outlines of children, some with shoes, emphasising howArms Sales Kill, surrounded this week’s vigil. The row of shoes on the step symbolises the dead, who no longer need their shoes Women in Black London deplore the UK’s continued role in the global arms trade.  The UK is one of the 10 largest arms exporters, […]

STOP THE ARMS TRADE. STOP THE KILLING NOW

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