With more than 5,000 Palestinians injured and over100 killed by Israeli forces in the last six weeks, Women in Black in London again called on our own government to stop selling arms to Israel, and to work towards a just peace. Responding to hostility from some members of the public, we continue to emphasise that “Our […]
Since the end of March Israeli forces have injured over 5,000 Palestinans and killed at least 45. London Women in Black call for an end to – and accountability for – the violence of the Israeli state. You can see our leflet and call to the UK government below.
Israeli armed forces’ deadly response to Palestinian protest
Following Israel’s shooting of unarmed Palestinians in the #GreatReturnMarch, we renew our call on the British Government to #stoparmingisrael. EU countries licensed €370 million of military equipment to Israel in 2016. We also continue to call for the end of the occupation, and the blockade on Gaza, and justice for Palestinians. See February vigil for our […]
Palestine First Wednesday every ...
Global military spending in 2016 reached $1.686 billion. On 11, 18 & 25 April we’ll ask Londoners how they would spend that money. Walk by Edith Cavell statue & tell us your answer, 6-7pm #DivestFromWar #MoveTheMoney#PeaceNotWar #GDAMS #GCOMS Pax Christi GCOMS – Global Campaign on Military Spending … and in these photos you can see what some people thought they would […]
The Cost of Military Spending April 2018
Before and after the bombing of Syria by UK, US and French forces, Women in Black protested outside parliament, the prime minister’s residence and at our weekly vigils.
Syria: Women in Black respond
This month all our vigils focus on Palestine and the Occupation, and the consequences for the Palestinian people. With Trump’s divisive pronouncements and the withdrawal of more than half of the US’s planned funding to UNWRA (UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees), we wanted to bring back the focus on the injustice of over 70 years […]
Palestine: 70 years of injustice. February 2018
This months vigils called for an end to the UK’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia, which are fueling the conflict in Yemen. Since 2015, over 10,500 people have been killed; more than three million people have been displaced, and at least eight million people face imminent famine, which worsened after November 2017, because the Saudis […]
End Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia: January 2018
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.
December 2017: pre-Christmas Vigils
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 […]