[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 […]
#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 […]
Fighting for Foreign Aid
By former WCIA volunteer, Geena Whiteman The UK is one of the worlds biggest foreign aid donors, having the third largest aid budget in the world and being one of only a few countries consistently achieving the UN’s target of spending 0.7% of the annual budget (the countries […]
Daffodil Days of the 1920s-30s: Celebrating Wales-wide Community Activism
Blog and research by WCIA Archives Intern Rob Laker, on placement with Wales for Peace from Swansea University History Dept over Summer 2019. Drawing on materials from the National Library of Wales and Temple of Peace Archives; and Annual Reports of the Welsh League of Nations Union 1922-45 on People’s […]
“Inspired by Annie”: The Story of the 1923 Welsh Women’s Peace Petition to America
DOWNLOAD / PRINT PDF ARTICLE WOMEN’S PETITION RESOURCES HOMEPAGE (this can be easily printed in A5 Booklet Form through printer settings: A4, back-to-back, leaflet format) In 1923, with the horrors of World War 1 having galvanised a whole generation against conflict, women of Wales organised an […]
Refugee Camps: Urgent Investment Needed
Disclaimer: The blogs on this site are written by our volunteers and guest writers. They do not reflect the views of the WCIA. We hope that sharing a range of views will encourage discussion and debate. Please get in touch if you wish to contribute a blog. Blogs are published […]
Slavery Still Exists But Can Be Hard to Spot
Disclaimer: The blogs on this site are written by our volunteers and guest writers. They do not reflect the views of the WCIA. We hope that sharing a range of views will encourage discussion and debate. Please get in touch if you wish to contribute a blog. Blogs are published […]
Wales – Africa Community Linking: ‘Communitarian’ Development Cooperation in Action
Republished from September 2014 article on Dev.Cymru, by Craig Owen, now Head of Wales for Peace with WCIA. This opinion piece long predates the Brexit vote, and the establishment of the Welsh Government’s’ International Relations Ministry; but is republished as an important contribution to Wales’ peace heritage on ‘International Solidarity’. […]