Mairead Maguire and Jody Williams participated in a blockade of Aldermaston Weapons Establishment (AWE) in the UK on February 15.  All 8 gates allowing access for staff and materials were blocked for 3 hours, stopping work and raising awareness of the illegality of the work performed inside AWE.  The blockade called for the UK to stop the expansion of AWE and the development of a new generation of nuclear weapons.

The Laureates joined other women in a Women's Gate to amplify the unique messages of women against nuclear weapons and for human security: 

• Women experience violence in war and peace. Experience teaches us that there's a link between military violence and masculine violence against women.  We say no to all violence – no to the huge violence of nuclear weapons, but also no to the individual violence of rape and assault against women, worldwide, everyday.

• Women want our taxes to be spent on health, schools, housing and other services that support the work so many women do, paid and unpaid, in everyday life — not on nuclear weapons!

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Aldermaston Blockade, Trident Ploughshares, 15 February 2010.

Twenty-six peace activists have been arrested during a protest at Britain's nuclear weapons “factory” in Berkshire, BBC News, 15 February 2010.

Christian peace groups to join Aldermaston blockade, Independent Catholic News, 11 February 2010.