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1 The Anti-violence against women movement

After the École Polytechnique Massacre on December 6, 1989, where 14 women were assassined by an anti-feminist, a popular movement appeared in Quebec and Canada of wearing the white ribbon to signify opposition to violence against women.

The White Ribbon Campaign appeared in 1991 in relation to this movement. Started by Toronto politicians like current New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, it has now spread to over 35 countries around the world. It is now an international effort of men and boys working to end violence against women. Its basic principle is the importance of men and boys to speak out against all forms of violence against women.

2 Feminism

It has been appropriated by some feminists as a symbol of their movement.

3 Quebec peace movement

In the beginning of 2003, a custom largely influenced by the Échec à la guerre collective emerged in Quebec of wearing the white ribbon to show a belief of the need of peace (mostly in opposition to the impending war in IraqMany commentators have opined that popular opposition to war on Iraq exceeded the movement against the Vietnam War in scale, even before the war was declared. Globally, many small and large protests opposing war in general or a war on Iraq were held in 20). The roots of the choice of the white ribbon are probably: the traditional association of whiteAlternate meanings: White (disambiguation White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color— black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. The impression with peace & the initial white ribbon, born from a Quebec movement and itself a gesture against violence.

4 See also

• Ribbon
• White flagA white flag is an international sign of either surrender, or truce, i. of peaceful intent, typically at time of war. Soldiers carrying or waving a white flag are not to be fired upon nor are they allowed to open fire. It signifies to all that an approach
• Symbolism of white
• White