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
have been left homeless by a tornado. at least 25 people have died in mississippi with one person killed in alabama. the two boats carrying migrants think of the coast of tunisia causing 29 people to die. others are still missing. and the uk government announces that possessing laughing gas will become a criminal offence for the first time. you are watching bbc news now it is 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
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 workers rights and they captured the imagination of many other trade unionists, as lakshmi patel told me. mrs desai, her 220th. day on the picket line, was marked by a presentation. presentation on behalf of the north west london branch of usdaw, the shopworkers union! to mrs desai, treasurer of the strike committee. thank you very much, madam. translation: mrs desai| was a very strong woman. she had made up her mind to bring the union into the factory.
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 workers rights and they captured the imagination of many other trade unionists, as lakshmi patel told me. mrs desai, her 220th. day on the picket line, was marked by a presnetation. presentation on behalf of the north west london branch of usdaw, the shopworkers union! to mrs desai, treasurer of the strike committee. thank you very much, madam.