Ahead of the 40th Anniversary (in 2025) of Dolen Cymru, the Wales Lesotho Link – the world’s first country to country ‘twinning’ – WCIA are supporting Dolen to research and digitise archives from the founding and early years of the link. Over Summer 2023, the Temple of Peace Heritage team […]
Palestinian women share their experiences of living under Israeli occupation
By WCIA Volunteer, Emily Clegg On Thursday 16 March. WCIA hosted talks from three Palestinian women, Naheel, Im Shadi and Afnan, who discussed their daily experiences living in occupied territories in the region. The construction of Israeli civilian communities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, areas captured by Israel […]
“Urgent Appeal to Welsh Senedd: Climate Cymru’s ‘Tipping Points’ Rally for a Nature Positive Bill”
On the 17 May, Climate Cymru, along with Stop Climate Chaos Cymru and Extinction Rebellion, organized the “Tipping Points” Nature Positive Demonstration in front of the Senedd in Cardiff, calling for laws in Wales to protect nature. The event rallied support for a Nature Positive bill, urging the Senedd to take immediate […]
Wales Solidarity with Sudan
The rising profile of the unfolding instability in Sudan has been worrying many Wales-wide over recent weeks, particularly Welsh communities with connections to the East African nation, who are exploring ways to show solidarity and extend hands of help to those affected by the conflict. Whilst many news headlines focus […]
How Wales are supporting protesters in Iran
20 January 2023 On September 16, 2022 – Mahsa Amini was arrested outside a metro station for “improperly” wearing her hijab by the Iranian morality police. While held in the capital city of Tehran under custody for her alleged violation of the hijab law, she tragically died. Following her death, […]
Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal launched for Turkey Syria Earthquake Response
An appeal has been launched by DEC Cymru and the UK’s Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria. UK aid agencies – including the British Red Cross, Oxfam and Islamic Relief – are joining together to raise money, […]
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Please note this article has been superseded with the launch on Thursday 9th February of the DEC (Disasters Emnergency Committee) Turkey Syria Earthquake Appeal. Urgent rescue efforts are under way in SE Turkey and NW Syria after two powerful earthquakes struck the border region in the early hours of this morning, 6 […]