100 years ago this week, Wales’ Women’s Peace Petition was presented at a ‘grand luncheon’ in New York’s Biltmore Hotel to the Women of America – its 390,296 signatories from all over Wales appealing, ‘from hearth to hearth, and heart to heart,’ to 18 million women across the United States […]
Women’s Peace Petition Workshops, Winter-Spring 2024
From New Year 2024, a series of workshops and events Wales-wide will offer the opportunity for individuals and communities to get involved with exploring, transcribing and uncovering local stories behind the Women’s Peace Petition of 1923-24. This follows ‘rematriation’ in May 2023 of the original 1920s petition and its chest […]
Academi Heddwch Cymru History Peace Heritage Volunteers War and Peace Womens Peace Petition Centenary Week 2 of #AnniesDiary100 #OTD Postings: 11-16 February 1924 – Arrival in New York City
Twitter Thread Facebook Post – Week of 12 February 2024 New York: ‘Daffodils for Peace’ #OTD#OnThisDay 11 Feb 1924, the Welsh #WomensPeacePetition delegation sailed into an icy #NewYork harbour, after 10 days aboard Transatlantic Liner the RMS #Cedric from Liverpool, with in its cargo hold the oak chest of 390,296 […]
Week 1 of #AnniesDiary100, 2-11 February 1924: London, Liverpool & the Transatlantic Voyage
Link here to view Timeline of key dates from the American Peace Tour as recorded through ‘Annie’s Diary’. Let’s start retracing the steps of Wales’ #WomensPeacePetition America Tour of 1924, looking baxk ‘#OTD’ from 2024! Images – from WLNU Press Clippings scrapbook in Welsh League of Nations Union (WLNU) Archives, […]
Climate change Global Perspectives Human Rights International Exchange Peace Heritage Poverty and Development Vacancy Volunteers War and Peace Recruiting Young Peace Ambassadors!
Deadline 23rd February 2024 Are you passionate about building a more peaceful world? Want to join a team to put into action a project idea that could make a real difference in your community? If so, the Young Peace Ambassadors (YPA) programme is for you! What is the YPA program? […]
#AnniesDiary100: Retracing the steps of Wales’ 1924 Womens Peace Appeal America Tour, #OnThisDay Feb-March 1924
Over February – March 2024, WCIA with Academi Heddwch will be ‘Tweeting from the 20s’. Through social media (WCIA’s Twitter/ X and Facebook feeds), we will be retracing the steps recounted by ‘Annie’s Diary‘, the little black book kept by Wales’ Women’s Peace Appeal delegation leader Annie Hughes Griffiths, as they embarked on […]
Training young people to be Peacemakers
UNESCO have just updated their 1974 recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development, positioning education as a key driver for peace and international understanding. A good example of building a more peaceful and sustainable world from the grassroots up approach took place in the Temple of Peace […]
Visit of Argentine Ambassador to the Temple of Peace
21 September 2023, we were delighted to welcome HE Javier Figueroa, the Argentine Ambassador to the UK, to the Temple of Peace and Health as part of his visit to Wales. The ambassador was given a tour of the Temple, learning both about the history of the building itself, as […]
COP28 Climate Negotiation Simulation
In the run-up to the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates, over 80 students aged 16-18 from 10 schools in South Wales took part in a COP28 Climate Negotiation Simulation. Organised by the British Council in partnership with WCIA, this event took place at […]
Press release: Departure of chief executive
The Welsh Centre for International Affairs’ Chief Executive, Susie Ventris-Field will leave WCIA in March 2024 to take up the role of CEO at Oasis Cardiff. Since joining the WCIA as a volunteer 12 years ago, Susie became Deputy Chief Executive in 2013, then Chief Executive in 2018. In this […]