For Remembrance Day 2020, explore Wales WW1 Book of Remembrance, and the story of Wales memorial to the fallen, the Temple of Peace & Health. […]
Democracy under attack – Freedom of Information & Speech
No Free SpeechThe democratic processes are under attack all around the world. This is not just arbitrary arrests and violence against those who express their opinions or defend the right to free speech. The emergence of digital media platforms has been heralded as a boost for democracy, activism and widening […]
Launch of Wales’ ‘Academi Heddwch’ from World Peace Day 2020
Academi Heddwch has been launched from World Peace Day 2020, heralding the start of a new decade in collaboration between universities and civil society Wales-wide, on peace building world-wide. […]
‘Shaping Peace Together’: Wales marks World Peace Day 2020 with new decade of Internationalism Projects
September 21st marks UN International Day of Peace – first celebrated in 1981, and observed by nations and civil societies worldwide. The theme for 2020, ‘Shaping Peace Together‘, is especially critical as the world faces the challenges of the COVID pandemic. As well as participating in a global initiatives to […]
Wales’ Freedom from Hunger Campaign and 1970s-80s Welsh Internationalism – A Tribute to Glyn O Phillips
Tribute to lifelong Welsh internationalist, scientist and ex-WCIA Trustee Professor Glyn O Phillips, who recently passed away at 92. Craig Owen reflects on his achievements and contribution to global cooperation. […]
Hiroshima 75: Campaigning for Peace, from the CND Cymru Archives
To mark Hiroshima 75, WCIA have launched the CND Cymru Archives on People’s Collection Wales – capturing 4 decades of activism by communities Wales-wide campaigning for the abolition of nuclear weapons. […]
Remembering for Peace: The Story of Wales’ WW2 Book of Remembrance
WCIA’s home, the Temple of Peace and Health, was founded as Wales’ memorial to the fallen of the Great War – 35,000 souls commemorated in the WW1 Book of Remembrance , held in the Crypt of the Temple (and searchable online). But few people know that there is also a […]
Wales’ Armenian Genocide Memorial
Wales’ Armenian Genocide Memorial was the first UK monument to formally recognise the genocide between 1915 and 1923 that killed 600,000 to 1,500,000 ethnic Armenians. […]
Tribute to Lifelong Peacemaker Ifanwy Williams
It is with great sadness that the WCIA team learnt of the passing of lifelong peacemaker Ifanwy Williams, 98, from Porthmadog in Gwynedd on 20th March. Ifanwy may be familiar to Welsh internationalists beyond Snowdonia as the ‘face’ of the “Women War & Peace” Exhibition by WCIA, with documentary photographer […]
#IWD2020: New Resources celebrating 1923 Welsh Women’s Peace Petition for International Women’s Day
[efsbutton size=”” color_class=”” align=”left” type=”link” target=”false” title=”Home – Women’s Petition” link=”https://cymru.global/peace-heritage/womens-peace-petition/”] [efsbutton size=”” color_class=”” align=”left” type=”link” target=”false” title=”Story of the Petition” link=”https://cymru.global/wcia-news/wcia-history/womenspeacepetition/”] [efsbutton size=”” color_class=”” align=”left” type=”link” target=”false” title=”Short Films” link=”https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4Sk-eKHOVUu21DwTQU3OPnCTijoG5F3m”] [efsbutton size=”” color_class=”” align=”left” type=”link” target=”false” title=”#IWD2020 Feature” link=”https://cymru.global/blogs/war-and-peace/iwd2020/”] For International Women’s Day, March 8 #IWD2020 – under the […]