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| A Suffragette being forced fed in an English prison |
A Vigil – Thursday 18th November – 6.30pm, College Green, Westminster.
100 years ago, on 18/11/10, two women were injured and later died because they tried to enter Parliament. They were part of a group of Suffragettes who went to the Houses to demand a debate on the Conciliation Bill, a bill that would have given some women basic voting rights.
Of the 300 who came, 200 women were arrested that day. There were 6000 police. We call it Black Friday.
100 years have passed. Fewer than 1 in 5 MPs are women. Only 1% of the world’s money is controlled by women. For every 10 people displaced by climate change, 7 are women.
We stand in vigil to remember the brave women who fought so we might vote. We stand to show solidarity with women across the world who don’t know justice. We stand for those that can’t.
Join us at 6.30pm on 18/11/10 to remember Black Friday.
Bring a candle, a jamjar, a banner and a veil.
Hear Caroline Lucas MP and Dr Diane Atkinson.
Hat Tip - Climate Rush
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