For Peace!

Women for a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific emerged from a party held at Greenham on 1st March 1984 to celebrate the resilience of Marshallese survivors of nuclear testing. The group became one of several networks in Europe formed in solidarity with the indigenous-led movement launched in Fiji in 1975. Women for a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific aimed to raise awareness of the impact of British, US, and French nuclear colonialism in the Pacific, while also providing a platform for Pacific women to speak for themselves and their people.

As the network grew, it organised and hosted several speaking tours across Britain of women from the Pacific, publishing their speeches in a pamphlet ‘Pacific Women Speak – Why Haven’t You Known?’. The network also supported British-based women visiting the Pacific and organised a wide range of protests, as well as regular gatherings in different British cities. Most of these activities, along with active participation in the network, dwindled in the 1990s. However, the group continued to publish a newsletter right up until 1999, distributed by post throughout Britain.