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24 May, International Day of Women for Peace and Disarmament A feminist look at the struggle for peace It was the feminist antimilitarism that coined the slogan Neither war that destroys us, nor peace that oppresses and at this time women from all over the world celebrate 24 May as the International Day of Women for Peace and Disarmament. Since the 80s we remember the struggles of women such as the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp protesting against nuclear weapons and the arms race taking place in the world. Once again, on this date we reclaim the incorporation of women in the peace processes. We know that since 1915, when more than a thousand women met at the International Congress of Women at The Hague , it was possible to give women visibility and the opportunity to participate actively in the advances of everything that concerned peace, in search of a more just and worthy society free from bellicose confrontations and war. Despite the adverse conditions and dang...

  TP Disarmament Camp Images 11th July 2017 This day has been commemorated since 1982 in remembrance of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp against the use of nuclear weapon. Women in Black against War join this commemoration because we believe that wars are a crime against humanity, which harms mostly women. On this day, we encourage the citizenry to reflect on the causes of war. If we want to avoid wars, we must take action on the factors that are their breeding ground and work for a world that is safer and kinder in which we can live in peace and develop the human values of solidarity, justice and equality in duties and rights. As recognized by the United Nations, and as we have learned from the current pandemic, safety is not provided by the armies or the forces of law and order. We should be talking about food security, environmental, community and economic security, etc. From our beginnings, Women in Black against wars have been working for a world without violence i...