24 May was initiated as International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament in the 1980s by women opposing the deployment of nuclear weapons in Europe.
For our eighth week of ‘physical distancing – social solidarity’ our focus this week is ‘Stop Military Spending – Move the Money.” This is our second focus on the theme, part of the monthof Global Action on Military Spending that ends this week. While we are unable to meet in person Women in Black London will be in solidarity […]
Stop Military Spending – Move the Money
We call on the goverment to protect refugees; end arms sales to Saudi Arabia; cancel the UK’s nuclear weapons programme and prosecute war crimes of sexual violence.
Priorities for Peace
Global Days of Action against Military Spending. Redefining Security. It seems particularly appropriate at this time to rethink what real security means. How would you spend the “defence” budget? For the cost of one Trident nuclear missile you could buy 17 million masks to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Women in Black have repeatedly […]
Healthcare not warfare
We join with human rights organisations from the region and around the world to call on the Israeli authorities to live up to their legal and moral obligations and assist the Palestinian health systems—in Gaza and the West Bank—both with combating the pandemic and caring for those patients who are in critical need of continuous […]
Israel: protect Palestinians from CV19 and provide access to healthcare
London WiBs have had a week of anguished discussions about whether or not to continue with our weekly vigils. We have decided that it is best if we no longer have our weekly vigils – in order to stay healthy and ready for when we can do it again. We will try to take small […]
Virtual Vigils
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
This week – 12 March – and for the next two weeks, we’re continuing to protest about the continued sales of UK-manufactured arms to Saudi Arabia. Read our leaflet to find out why.