WOMEN IN BLACK

WOMEN IN BLACKWOMEN IN BLACK

OUR VIGILS

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP US?

OUR HISTORY

WHO ARE

WOMEN IN BLACK?

WOMEN IN BLACK

WHO ARE WOMEN IN BLACK

WOMEN IN BLACKWOMEN IN BLACK

WORLD-WIDEWORLD-WIDE NETWORK OFNETWORK OF

WOMEN COMMITED TO PEACEWOMEN COMMITED TO PEACE

WITH JUSTICEWITH JUSTICE ACTIVELY OPPOSED TOACTIVELY OPPOSED TO

INJUSTICE, WAR, MILITARISM AND OTHER INJUSTICE, WAR, MILITARISM AND OTHER FORM OF VIOLENCEFORM OF VIOLENCE

AMONG OTHERS

COLOMBIA

SPAIN

YUGOSLAVIA

ISRAEL UNITED STATES

BRITAIN

ITALY

COSTA RICA

COLOMBIA

AUSTRALIA

WE ARE WOMEN´S GROUP

IN MANY COUNTRIES

…

VITORIA SANTANDER

MADRID

SEVILLA

SPAIN

Denounce the interrelationship

betwen militarization everyday local

and global

Work, throught education for peace,

non-violence, anti-militarism

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Maintain the historical memory

Build a network of

solidarity

Support the participation of

women in peace.

Reject any police of war

We create spaces for the

voices of women.

Women in black

OUR HISTORYOUR HISTORY

OUR HISTORY

BEGAN IN 1987 IN ISRAEL

20 YEARS AFTER ISRAEL OCCUPIED

THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

THE PALESTIAN INTIFADA BEGAN

THE PALESTIAN INTIFADA BEGAN

IN REPONSE ISRAELI JEWISH WOMEN

BEGAN TO STAND IN WEEKLY

VIGILS IN PUBLIC PLACES, USUALLY AT BUSY

CROSSROADS.

THE NUMBER IN JERUSALEM GREW TO ALMOST FORTY.

OUR VIGILSOUR VIGILS

Generally means a non-violent demostration of one or more people in wich we hold signs in a public location to express our political views.

A vigil is good to do at a busy intersection or a public location, if that has any symbolic importance.

You can support us on this webs:

http://www.womeninblack.org/

http://www.womeninblack.org.uk/

http://www.nodo.50.org/mujeresred/mdn-h.htm

http://www.mujerpalabra.net/activismo/mdnmadrid

Created by:

• María Hevilla González

• Fernando Santos Fernández

• Ana Belén Porras Guzmán

• María Pilar Sedeño Merchán