Vigils

Women holding banners at WiB Vigil
We were joined this week (26 February) by students from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), who were a very welcome addition to our vigil. We also received a rather disengenous reply from the government. Although they say “The Government remains fully committed to complying twith the 20 June 2019 Court Order”, fails to […]

Stop Arms Sales to Saudi

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Our regular monthly vigil for justice and peace for Palestinians took place a few days after the “plan” announced by Trump and Netanyahu, written by Trump’s son-in-law without any consultation with Palestinians or their representatives. This “deal” tramples over the rights of Palestinians; attempts to legitimise the Occupation and unlawful Israeli settlements, condemned by the […]

No to Trump’s “deal” for Palestinians

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This week we resumed our monthly vigils highlighting the continuing situation for Palestinians living under the occupation. We are calling on our owgovernment to use all means in its power to influence the Israeli Government to redirect its policies towards ending the Occupation, renewing negotiation with Palestinian leaders for a just peace settlement, affording statehood […]

Justice and Freedom for Palestinians

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With an election called for 12 December Women in Black are on the streets encouraging people to vote against war, militarism and violence and for peace…. and to ask their candidates some searching questions about their positions on arms sales, nuclear weapons and other issues which have been buried under the political rhetoric. [gview file=”https://london.womeninblack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2019/12/election-1219-leaflet.pdf”]

Vigils 4 and 11 December – Don’t vote for militarism ...

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From the International Day against Violence against Women on 25 November until 10 December, International Human Rights Day, women all over the world will be protesting violence against women in all its forms. Women in Black this year, as always, highlight the continuum of violence in both peace and war. [gview file=”https://london.womeninblack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2019/11/Nov-25th-leaflet-2019.doc”]

Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

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11 November is Remembrance Day in the UK, the day that the first world war ended in Europe. For too long ceremonies have remembered only the country’s own military dead, symbolised by red poppies. But gradually more and more people have worn the white poppy, the symbol of peace, in remebrance of all those, military […]

Remembering all who have been killed in all wars

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For UN Disarmanent Week we called on the Prime Minister to cancel UK’s nuclear weapons programme and sign the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. [gview file=”https://london.womeninblack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2019/10/Disarmament-week-Sept-0919-used-1019.pdf”]  

UN Disarmament Week 24-30 October

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