Women in Black Scotland started in Dundee on 8 June 2001, when the Women's Coalition for Peace in Israel asked that international vigils be held. The vigil was so effective that WIBS was launched, and a leaflet was produced calling for a vigil on 22 September. As it proved, this was just after the terrorist attacks on America, and many people came to the vigil, some from Edinburgh, Kirkcaldy, London and Belgium.