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), […]
‘Peace speaks every Language’: Wales’ 2026 Youth Message of Peace & Goodwill
For over a century, since 1922, young people of Wales have created a Peace and Goodwill Message, sharing it with young people across the world. The purpose of the Message is to unite children and young people everywhere, inspiring them to take humanitarian action and to build positive international connections. Pioneered […]
Laying the Temple’s Foundation Stone – 8th April 1937
The foundation stone for Wales’ Temple of Peace was laid by Viscount Halifax, Lord Privy Seal and Deputy Foreign Secretary, on Thursday, 8th April 1937. He had been widely regarded as a leading light among interwar peace advocates and champion of the League of Nations; and would go on to play a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Conscientious Objectors Day, 15 May: Supporting those who say ‘No to War’
“If the right to life is the first of all human rights Being the one on which all other rights depend The right to refuse to kill must be the second.” Inscription on COs Memorial Stone, Wales’ National Garden of Peace #OTD ‘On this Day’, 15 May has been recognised […]
Education Global Perspectives History Human Rights International Exchange Peace Heritage Poverty and Development Taith Projects Volunteers Dolen Cymru celebrates 40th Anniversary of Wales Lesotho Link, launched #OnThisDay #MoshoeshoeDay 1985.
By Sharon Flint, with heritage materials by Craig Owen and Khai nor Shahmir Dolen Cymru, the Wales Lesotho Link, was founded #OnThisDay over 11th-12th March 1985, with events at the Welsh Office and Temple of Peace attended by then High Commissioner O.T. Sefako. This year has not only marked Dolen’s […]
Academi Heddwch Cymru Blog Cymru Global news Education Global Perspectives History Human Rights Peace Heritage Volunteers War and Peace Womens Peace Petition Centenary International Women’s Day #IWD 2025: Accelerating Action, Inspired by our Past.
By Ffion Fielding Project Manager, ‘Hawlio Heddwch’: Women’s Peace Petition community project 100 years ago, 390,296 Welsh women signed a petition for peace, and sent it to the women of America. In 2024, we remembered their story, celebrated the centenary, and discussed ways in which we could realise their wishes. […]
The Hidden History behind ‘Daffodil Days for Peace’
Following St David’s Day 1 March 2025, WCIA are delighted to have worked with ITV Wales producer Megan Booth on her short feature exploring the history of the Daffodil. “Let Peace Bloom across the hillsides of Wales” A little known but fascinating ‘fun fact’ for St David’s Day, is the […]