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. […]
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. […]
#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 […]
The Story of Wales’ Book of Remembrance
SEARCH / VIEW the WW1 Book of Remembrance (Link to National Library of Wales viewer) Download Printable PDF Booklet Temple Tour – Book of Remembrance (WCIA website – page designed for phone / tablet users) Wales’ Temple of Peace and Health, home of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs and the HLF-funded […]
UNA Exchange and WCIA ‘join forces’ for the Future of International Volunteering
Reflecting our shared roots at Wales’ Temple of Peace, the WCIA and UNA Exchange are merging from February 2020. Founded alongside each other in 1973 – to mark the United Nations‘ 25th, and Temple of Peace’s 35th Anniversaries – WCIA and UNA Exchange have always had a close working relationship, […]
#Temple81: Incredible Hidden Histories from 1938 opening of Wales’ Temple of Peace offer ‘Key to the Past’
On Saturday 23rd November of this year, we marked 81 years to the blustery day in 1938 when Wales’ Temple of Peace and Health was opened by war-bereaved mother Minnie James from Merthyr Tydfil – accompanied by ‘mothers of Wales and the world’, the Temple’s founder Lord David Davies, and […]
The Man with a Mission for a Movement: the Interwar Peace Campaigns of Rev Gwilym Davies
Wales’ World Peace Campaigns of the 1920s and 30s In the entrance vestibule of Wales’ Temple of Peace, visitors pass two intriguing linen hangings proclaiming the achievements of ‘Welsh Efforts for World Peace’ in the years that followed WW1. The claims sound incredulous… yet the story behind them is […]
United Nations Day 24 Oct 2019 – WCIA unveils ‘UN75’ Peace Heritage Programme for Wales for 2020 and Beyond
24 October every year marks United Nations Day internationally – the day on which the UN Charter came into being, beginning the great process of healing, reconciliation and rebuilding that followed World War Two. WCIA are marking this year’s UN Day by unveiling our plans to develop a new […]