‘World Peace Day’ #OTD 18 May 1922: Celebrating a Centenary for Wales’ Youth Message of Peace & Goodwill
18 May 2022 marks the centenary of Wales’ Youth Message of Peace & Goodwill, first broadcast in 1922. […]
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Somaliland Solidarity: #HargeisaMarketFire Appeal
Hargeisa Market Appeal by Wales Somaliland Link, April 2022 […]
International Women’s Day 2022: #BreaktheBias
WCIA’s activities to mark International Women’s Day 2022, have been understandably overtaken by the rapidly unfolding war in Ukraine and its terrible humanitarian consequences, as women and children flee the fighting in numbers not witnessed since World War Two. The theme for International Women’s Day 2022, #IWD2022 is #BreaktheBias; and […]
Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Appeal for UKRAINE
The Welsh Centre for International Affairs are supporting the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Appeal for Ukraine. A man hugs his daughter and granddaughter after they crossed the border from Shehyni in Ukraine to Medyka in Poland. Numerous Ukrainians are leaving the country fleeing the conflict. More than half a 1.5 […]
“Mummy, there’s bad news about Ukraine.” Supporting children with world events: Blog of a parent & teacher
by Amber Demetrius, WCIA Global Learning Coordinator (view team page) “Mummy we’re watching the news and there’s bad news about the Ukraine…leave us a message and love you!“ This was the most recent voicemail I’d received from my daughter (age 6). Upon hearing it, I immediately checked the news, established […]
St David’s Day: Wales’ for Peace in Ukraine – Affirming a Heritage of Anti-War Solidarity
WCIA marked St David’s Day with a public event on ‘Wales for Peace in Ukraine’, attended by over 150 participants, following this last week’s shocking invasion by Russian military forces under Vladimir Putin. The event was organised between WCIA, Academi Heddwch, Aberystwyth and Cardiff Metropolitan Universities, with a speaker live from Ukraine and inputs also from Russian Anti-War Activists. […]
Wales for Peace in Ukraine
WCIA, alongside partners and communities Wales-wide, deplore the outbreak of conflict in Ukraine, following Russia’s military invasion. Wales and the internationalist community extend our deepest support and solidarity with the people of Ukraine and of Russia through this anxious time – and encourage our politicians across the political spectrum to […]
#OTD 29 Jan – A most peaceful coup? The Welsh Campaign for the League of Nations
#OTD #OnThisDay 100 years ago, 29 January 1922, the campaigns of the Welsh League of Nations Union (WLNU) were officially kickstarted at a meeting in Shrewsbury – where philanthropist and founding patron David Davies of Llandinam unexpectedly announced that he would “endow the Welsh movement with a sum.. that would […]
OTD, 27 January: Holocaust Memorial Day
On this day #OTD, 27th January 1945, Russian soldiers liberated the notorious Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland, beginning the grisly discovery of one of the world’s greatest human rights atrocities: the Holocaust and mass extermination of Jewish peoples. The anniversary has been the focus for United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance […]
#OTD 24 January: International Day of Education celebrates UNESCO’s Welsh links #Peace100
24 January every year is UN International Day of Education, marked with activities around the world including many led by UNESCO – the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Founded in 1946, in the aftermath of the Second World War, UNESCO was a bold initiative to facilitate cooperation between […]