capital should be carbon neutral by 2030. it comes after a year of campaigning, but critics say the timeframe is unrealistic. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for witness history. hello and welcome to witness history. i m farhana haider at the people s history museum in manchester with more remarkable moments from the past as told by people who were there. in this episode, we look back at five campaigns and protest movements led by women. coming up, we ll hear about the fight for the equal right to pray for women at the western wall injerusalem. the argentinian forensic pioneer unearthing war crimes, the anti nuclear protest that was the biggest women led movement in the uk since the suffragettes, and a watershed moment for canada s indigenous people. but we start in london, and a story about the strikers in saris, a group of south asian women employed in the grunwick film processing factory. because of the poor working conditions, they decided to take a stand for work
what were you up to? the unlikely leader of the grunwick strike would challenge the stereotype of the submissive asian woman. translation: i was on the picket line from - the first day the ladies came out with mrs desai. how long will you stay here? when we will finish this dispute. a year? any time. five years? ten years. translation: unions from across england supported us. archive: there were two such piles, around 70 sacks in all. they have been building up since the local- branch of the postal union voted overwhelmingly to join the - boycott. all chanting.