This feature complements the interview broadcast on BBC Wales, 18th July 2026 with Cymru Global Heritage Advisor Craig Owen (28:50 on playback recording) July 2026 marks 90 years since General Franco’s fascist military coup against Spain’s elected government, supported by Hitler and Mussolini, sparking a 3-year Civil War over 1936 […]
When the World came to Aberystwyth: the 1926 League of Nations Congress, 29 June-3 July.
Archive of the Month – 100 years ago View People’s Collection Wales digitised items from the 1926 Peace Congress (from the Temple of Peace Archives) Paris, London, Brussels (1919), Milan (1920), Geneva (1921), Prague (1922), Vienna (1923), Lyon (1924), Warsaw (1925)… ABERYSTWYTH (1926)… Berlin (1927), The Hague (1928), Prague (1928), […]
Wales for Peace in Gaza: Ceasefire a fragile moment for Hope
October 2025 – Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Appeal The ceasefire agreement in Gaza provides desperately needed hope and relief for so many people whose lives have been devastated by conflict. DEC charities and their local partners are scaling up their work in Gaza again after months of extraordinary challenges delivering […]
Hibakusha Portrait Exhibition comes to Cardiff: A Powerful Call to Peace
Cardiff, UK – 23rd October 2025 – 80,000 Voices is proud to announce a landmark exhibition of lenticular portraits of hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hosted at the Norwegian Church Arts Centre from October 24th to November 30th, 2025. This moving exhibition, first shown […]
Wales Uniting Nations: Building a Better World after World War 2
Updated to mark #UN80, the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations in October 2025. 24 October every year is United Nations Day, with activities worldwide appearing on Twitter using the hashtags #UNDay #UNDay2024. This feature spotlights some of the connections between Wales and the story of the UN. 24 October […]
United Nations World Peace Day, 21 Sep 2025
2025 #PeaceDay theme: “Act Now for a Peaceful World“ From the office of the UN Secretary General: In a time of turbulence, tumult, and uncertainty, it is critical for everyone to take concrete action to mobilize for peace. From peacekeepers on the front lines of conflict, to community members, to students in […]
Academi Heddwch Cymru Cymru Global news Global Perspectives Health Human Rights Immigration, Refugees and Asylum International Exchange Peace Heritage Poverty and Development Volunteers War and Peace Cymru Can be a Nation of Peace: Llangollen 2025 Peace Lecture
Written by and reposted (with thanks) from The Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales. Event organised between Academi Heddwch and Llangollen International Eisteddfod. View ‘Cymru Can’ campaign here. “”Wales has a role to champion true peace. But to fully embrace the role of a Nation of Peace, however, […]
Climate change Cymru Global news Education Environment Global Perspectives Health Human Rights International Exchange Peace Heritage Temple of Peace Volunteers War and Peace WCIA Branding & Identity Survey: Help shape our Future!
WCIA are in the middle of a rebrand, and we’d love your input. Over the last few months, we’ve been working hard to make it easier for people to understand what we do and why it matters. That’s meant refining how we talk about ourselves by sharpening our messages and […]
Archive of the Month: ‘Wales Tops the Polls’ in the 1935 Peace Ballot
Updated from research feature originally compiled in 2019 by Swansea student and WCIA Volunteer Placement Rob Laker. Published on 7 June 1935, 90 years ago this June, this Peace Bulletin from the Welsh League of Nations Union Archives illustrated initial results from the 1935 Peace Ballot campaign – in which […]
Education Global Perspectives History Human Rights Peace Heritage Temple of Peace War and Peace Womens Peace Petition Centenary Archive of the Month: 1926 Women’s Peacemakers Pilgrimage Report, 99 years ago this May
99 years ago this month, over May-June 1926 the “Women’s Peacemakers Pilgrimage” marched from N & S Wales and each corner of the UK, uniting tens of thousands under the banner of ‘HEDD NID CLEDD’ / ‘LAW NOT WAR’. View full Report on People’s Collection Wales This report from the […]