Over February – March 2024, WCIA with Academi Heddwch will be ‘Tweeting from the 20s’. Through social media (WCIA’s Twitter/ X and Facebook feeds), we will be retracing the steps recounted by ‘Annie’s Diary‘, the little black book kept by Wales’ Women’s Peace Appeal delegation leader Annie Hughes Griffiths, as they embarked on […]
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The Senedd on 8 November hosted the 8th annual Wales Peace Schools conference, welcoming over 100 children and teachers from 10 schools across South Wales, alongside community youth group leaders, to explore the theme ‘From Classroom to Community’ over an action packed day of creative and participatory workshops, sharing learning […]
Purple Plaque unveiling and Book Launch in Aberystwyth for Women’s Peace Appeal Centenary
On 3 November 2023, Aberystwyth played host to two major events marking the centenary of the 1923-24 Welsh Women’s Peace Appeal to America: unveiling of a ‘Purple Plaque’ commemorating 1923 appeal leader Annie Hughes Griffiths, and a book launch at the National Library of ‘Yr Apel / The Appeal’, with […]
Academi Heddwch Cymru Cymru Global news Education Global Perspectives History Human Rights International Exchange Volunteers WCIA welcome AESIS International Conference to Temple of Peace exploring Impact of Social Sciences Research
On 19 October WCIA were delighted to welcome to the Temple of Peace, international and UK-wide visitiors participating in the 7th International Societal Impact of Social Science, Humanities and Arts Conference, organised by AESIS – the network for Advancing and Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science. The conference has travelled to […]
Academi Heddwch at the Taiji for Health and Peace Symposium
At the beginning of September, Dr Bethan Sian Jones represented Academi Heddwch Cymru at the Norwegian Taiji Centre’s International Symposium Celebrating Taiji for Health and Peace which was held at the Norwegian Nobel Institute. In May this year, Academi Heddwch Cymru and the WCIA, with the support of the Welsh […]
Temple of Peace theatre for 1923 Women’s Appeal Centenary: Mewn Cymeriad perform ‘Annie Cwrt Mawr’, 1-2 November
Over the weekend of 1-2 November, WCIA are excited to welcome Welsh theatre company Mewn Cymeriad to the Temple of Peace to perform their production of ‘Annie Cwrt Mawr‘: “A one-woman play based on the life of Annie Jane Hughes Griffiths. A campaigner for peace gave me a voice Welsh […]
New Perspectives & Learning on the Nature of Peace
‘I am fire, I am peace, I am a future, where all we do is playfight.’ from ‘I am peace’ by Sandra Elvebatten Myrland 2023 A delegation from Wales, including First Minister Mark Drakeford and Chief Executive of WCIA Susie VentrisField, visited Oslo in May 2022 to support the launch […]
National Eisteddfod, Llŷn – Celebration of Women’s Peace Petition Partnership, 7th August
At this year’s National Eisteddfod near Pwllheli over the first week of August, this event hosted by the National Library of Wales is an opportunity to hear about the work of preserving, digitising, displaying and engaging with the Heritage Lottery funded Women’s Peace Petition project. […]
Realise the Legacy of the Women’s Peace Petition
Transcription Portal The 390,296 women behind Wales’ Peace Petition campaign of 1923-24 were united by a vision for ‘the proud heritage of a warless world’ – a vision shared a hundred years later by those inspired to action by their story. Over the course of the centenary campaign, the Academi […]
Llangollen International Eisteddfod bestows Wales’ ‘Young Peacemaker’ Awards 2023
On Wednesday 5th July 2023 at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, Wales’ Young Peacemakers Awards were presented by Welsh Government’s Counsel General Mick Antoniw, among the impressive surroundings of Llangollen’s International Pavilion. Organised jointly by the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA), Academi Heddwch Cymru and Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod the […]