Would you like to inspire people in Wales to create a fairer and more peaceful world? Apply to join the WCIA team. We’re recruiting for two new roles: Project Assistant We’re looking for a Project Assistant who is fluent in Welsh and English. Friendly and approachable, you would be a […]
2021 Wales Schools Digital Debating Championships – Round 2 & 3
As part of the digital 2021 Wales Schools Debating Championship, pupils from various schools participated with incredibly insightful views on socially relevant issues. Debating and the intersecting skills developed and fortified with it are crucial to Welsh educational curriculum, hence this yearly event that will hopefully encourage students to engage […]
Campaign to send 50,000 voices from Wales to COP26 launched
A campaign to send 50,000 voices from across Wales to this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow has been launched.Cardiff, 8 March 2021 – Climate Cymru, a coalition of citizens, civil society and business from across Wales are launching a campaign to gather 50,000 voices from the people […]
International Women’s Day 2021: Countdown to Centenary of the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition to America
International Women’s Day on 8 March has been marked annually as a United Nations Day since 1975 – designated ‘international women’s year‘ – building on a tradition started in March 1911, when the first “International Women’s Day” was started by women in Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark. In the 100 […]
Choose The World You Want – Embodying Accountability
As part of Fair Trade Fortnight 2021 , WCIA’s online conversation focused on ‘remembering the people not the products’. Guest speaker Mike Gidney CEO of Fair Trade UK provided an insightful talk on the intersection between Fair Trade and Climate Justice. He started by wondering what should we do next […]
Bill Davies, Founder of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs: A Tribute
By Craig Owen, WCIA / Temple of Peace Heritage Advisor and Curator William Roch Davies (W.R., widely known as Bill Davies) was the Founding Director of WCIA – the Welsh Centre for International Affairs – from 1973 to 1996. His lifelong involvement with Wales’ Temple of Peace extended from his […]
2021 Wales Schools Digital Debating Championships – Round 1
Wales’ top debaters fought for a place in the final of our digital 2021 Wales Schools Debating Championships . It has been proven that debating empowers students to look critically at evidence presented to them, as well as helping them to confidently speak about their perspectives. On Friday 12th February, […]
Wales and the Spanish Civil War – Memoriam to the work of Hywel Francis
WCIA’s ‘Temple of Peace’ team and supporters Wales-wide are saddened to learn of the passing of prominent Welsh Internationalist, historian and former MP for Aberavon Dr Hywel Francis on February 14th 2021, aged 74, at Morriston Hospital. Wales Online ‘Tributes pour in for former Welsh MP Hywel Francis‘ South Wales […]
‘We can all care about climate change, but the government has to act’ – Changemakers & their future world
Students from across Wales shared their views on how Wales and the world can recover from the pandemic in an online Model Parliament. In this first of its kind event, students from Ysgol Gyfun Plasmawr in Cardiff, Westbourne School in Penarth, Ysgol Bryngwyn in Llanelli and Ysgol Y Pant Comprehensive […]
Young People in Wales discussed in CWVYS online hustings
On Thursday January 28th , young people and youth work representatives grilled party candidates at an online election hustings hosted by the Council of Wales of Voluntary Youth Services (CWYVS) The candidates present at the husting were Leena Farhat – Liberal Democrat; Amanda Jenner – Welsh Conservative; Kevin Pascoe – […]