On the 41st anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy in India, we send our heartfelt support to the community of Bhopal, especially to the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh (Bhopal Gas-Affected Women’s Stationery Workers’ Union) women we have met, and to the next generations of disabled children and young people. On the night of 2-3 December 1984, a pesticide factory owned by US company Union Carbide exploded. Between 10,000 to 20,000 Bhopalis died at the time from breathing poison gas, plus many cows and other animals. It was named the world’s worst industrial disaster. … Read more
WinVisible supports this statement by our friends Doctors in Unite. #WelfareNotWarfare Please email in support, details below: “Emergency statement from Doctors in Unite to Keir Starmer and David Lammy on the deliberate starving to death of Gaza’s children by Israel *.“ “This is an urgent appeal to all healthcare organisations and healthcare workers, as well as members of the public. Please co-sign this statement and email Keir Starmer and David Lammy. Children are starving to death. As healthcare professionals and concerned citizens, we write with grave urgency about the catastrophic suffering in Gaza. The Ministry of … Read more
We’re glad to attend and share this event highlighting disability — one of a series about Palestine at the P21 art gallery in Somers Town, London NW1. We want to find out more about the situation of disabled people there, especially children and women, and what they want supporters to do. Hope you can come or join online, details below. Theatre for Everybody (Gaza) and Az Theatre (London) present PALESTINE: REPAIR & RETURN – Stories of Disability and Rehabilitation. When: Thursday 20th February 6.30pm-8.30pm In person at P21, 21-27 Chalton St, London NW1 1JD. The … Read more
Wed 4 December 7pm — free Zoom event organised by our friends at the Bhopal Medical Appeal (Brighton) We’re glad to share this event — a chance to find out more about what happened, and get the latest news on the demands of the survivors. 7pm to 8.30pm UK time auto-captions available. Register here They say: Join the Bhopal Medical Appeal for an online webinar event via Zoom to mark the 40th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial disaster. The Bhopal Medical Appeal’s Executive Trustee, Tim Edwards, will speak on the 40-year struggle of survivors and the need for … Read more
3 December 2024 is the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy in India, the world’s deadliest industrial disaster, when a pesticide factory owned by Union Carbide exploded next to the community. It marks 40 years of women gas survivors confronting corporate crime and Dow Chemical — who took over the site but refuse to clean it up. WinVisible is women with disabilities of all nationalities, including Indian, African and from many other countries, supporting the struggle in Bhopal since 1984, the year we began. We have supported campaigns concerning Bhopali women’s situation, mothers and … Read more
On this 39th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster, and always, since 1984: We are with you, the women and community of Bhopal (India): demanding compensation, criminal justice, medical care, increased income to go to more survivors, meet housing needs, Dow Chemical to clean up the site. Here is their press release, shared from the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal. “OUR DEMANDS ON THE 39TH ANNIVERSARY” Demands of Survivors of Union Carbide Disaster & those poisoned by Dow Chemical in Bhopal on the 39th Anniversary of the disaster. 1. COMPENSATION Union Carbide / Dow Chemical must pay: … Read more
Tomorrow Friday 8 September from 12.30 lunchtime, please join the Disabled Mothers’ Rights Campaign at a Support Not Separation vigil outside the Indian High Commission WC2 4NA, to demand an end to children from the Global South being removed from their families and kept from them by social services in Global North countries. Press Release FROM SUPPORT NOT SEPARATION G20 summit: Global North stop taking & holding children from the Global South Friday 8 September, 12.30pm, India House, Aldwych, London WC2B 4NA Contacts: Delhi: Suranya Aiyar +919818886808 contact@saveyourchildren.in @thinkfirstindia London: SNS 0207 482 2496 sns@legalactionforwomen.net … Read more
Tues 7 March 1.30pm-2.30pm Women and care (support and assistance) East London Unite Community branch meeting. WinVisible guest speakers + discussion. Contact us for info/Zoom link. Wednesday 8 March – International Women’s Day #IWD2023 Discover Voices podcast Four WinVisible women talk with Dr Theo Blackmore, disAbility Cornwall Audio click here — and audio on Amazon music, Google Podcasts, Spotify YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@discovervoices/videos Wed 8 March 11am-12.30pm “How are gender issues shaped in society and how do these affect Disabled women?” Event by the Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE). WinVisible is a guest on a panel with women … Read more
Bhopali protesters, mainly women, stage a sit-in in New Delhi today 3 December 2022. Shared from Social News XYZ Today 3 December 2022, which is UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, marks 38 years since the terrible gas tragedy in Bhopal (India) at the pesticide factory run by Union Carbide. We are with the Bhopali protesters who are in New Delhi to demand full compensation. Compensation must be based on true figures of how many people have died, and how many were injured by breathing the gas. Their demand for accurate figures of the … Read more
With you in spirit, Rashida, Champa and all: tonight, since 1984 and always. (2 December 2021) @WinVisibleWomen @woc_gws @WomenStrike @womenstrike_us Summed up by @RachnaDhingra: 37 years of Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal No punishment Less than $500 compensation for lifelong injuries No rehabilitation Dismal medical care Groundwater poisoned Children being born with disabilities Governments too busy protecting the killers Bhopalis refuse to give up or forget #Bhopal37