Over the first week of July, WCIA will be joining visitors from all over the world participating in one of Wales’ premier peace building, musical and cultural events – the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. With a peace heritage of its own rooted in the aftermath of World War Two, the […]
On 23 May 2023, over a hundred participants gathered at Aberystwyth University to mark the historic centenary of the Welsh Women’s Peace Appeal to America. The conference, organised by Academi Heddwch in partnership with Aberystwyth’s Department of International Politics, was the launchpad for ‘Hawlio Heddwch’, an 18 month project supported […]
#OTD 103 years ago, over Whitsun Weekend culminating 25 May 1920, WCIA’s predecessor the Welsh League of Nations Union held their first public meeting in Llandrindod Wells (image); and #OTD 101 years on from Whitsun 1922, the organisation formally became came into existence as an independent body from the British […]
#OnThisDay #OTD On 23 May 2023, activists and academics alike will gather at the Department of International Politics in Aberystwyth, for the launch of ‘Hawlio Heddwch’ – the women’s peace appeal centenary project – on the very centenary day of the original event which initiated the Women’s Peace Campaign to […]
Mis Mai 23, 1923, lansiwyd Apêl Menywod Cymru dros Heddwch mewn cynhadledd yn y brifysgol yn Aberystwyth. I nodi canmlywddiant yr achlysur hanesyddol hwn, trefnir cynhadledd undydd lle bydd awduron llyfr newydd sbon am apêl heddwch y menywod (dyddiad cyhoeddi: Tachwedd 2023, Y Lolfa) yn amlinellu’r hanes rhyfeddol hwn.Ni chodir tâl ond […]
This Easter marks a ‘Centenary’ for WCIA – as we celebrate the founding after World War One of our predecessor body, the Welsh League of Nations Union (WLNU), which formally came into being over the Easter Weekend of 21-22 April 1922. […]
A hundred-year-old Peace Petition signed by 390,296 Welsh Women had an emotional welcome back to Wales on Wednesday the 5th April 2023, coinciding with the announcement of an award of nearly £250,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund in Wales to bring the story to life. The Welsh Centre for […]
An appeal has been launched by DEC Cymru and the UK’s Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria. UK aid agencies – including the British Red Cross, Oxfam and Islamic Relief – are joining together to raise money, […]
Please note this article has been superseded with the launch on Thursday 9th February of the DEC (Disasters Emnergency Committee) Turkey Syria Earthquake Appeal. Urgent rescue efforts are under way in SE Turkey and NW Syria after two powerful earthquakes struck the border region in the early hours of this morning, 6 […]
23rd November 2022 witnessed a very special event in the history of the Temple of Peace, celebrating the history of the Temple of Peace – as WCIA’s supporters, volunteers and alumni welcomed descendants of the 3 figures who led the original opening of the Temple: founder David Davies, Architect Percy […]
