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What is global citizenship? An anti racist approach

As long as these inequalities persist, global citizenship remains uneven in practice. For us living in Wales, this requires both collective and individual action: recognising global inequalities, connecting them to local contexts, speaking out against racism, and holding the Welsh government accountable for its commitments. […]

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Preparing for Adventures with pre departure training

When I know I have a day with travel approaching, a kind of fever grips me. It starts a bit before. I see the date hanging there in my calendar, find my mind returning more and more to what needs to be done before that time. Depending on how big […]

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Education

Investigating the role of machines in our future – a Changemakers Project

The robot design was my favourite part. It let me get really creative in demonstrating what I’d learned about artificial intelligence and also to learn skills like stop animation, which would never had been possible outside of the classroom […]

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Seren Network and Cymru Global MockCOP, March 2026

Opportunities like these are so important. If we want young people to learn how to problem solve and mediate different points of view, we have to give them practice and great role models. What I love about days like these is the learning that takes place from the beginning of the day to the end. It really allows people a chance to be part of a process of transformation […]

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Laying the Temple’s Foundation Stone – 8th April 1937

The foundation stone for Wales’ Temple of Peace was laid by Viscount Halifax, Lord Privy Seal and Deputy Foreign Secretary, on Thursday, 8th April 1937. He had been widely regarded as a leading light among interwar peace advocates and champion of the League of Nations; and would go on to play a […]

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Attendees at the Cymru Global brand launch told: “Peace must be protected, nurtured and chosen”

CARDIFF, 5 March 2026 The great, great grandson of the woman who opened Wales’ Temple of Peace in 1938 points to lessons from the past as WCIA unveils new name. The Welsh Centre for International Affairs has today revealed its new brand identity – Cymru Global. The name reflects the […]

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Introducing Cymru Global: A new chapter

Today the Welsh Centre for International Affairs becomes Cymru Global – an organisation rooted in hope, connection and the belief that the people of Wales can play a part in shaping a better world. For more than 50 years, our organisation has stood for connection, peacebuilding, global learning, cultural understanding, […]

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Human Rights

Policing Protest

A Review of Current Regulation and practices in England & Wales by Austin Hill Public protest has long been recognised as a vital democratic practice in the United Kingdom, serving as a means for individuals and groups to express dissent, influence political debate, and hold power to account. Protest rights […]

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Exploring Gender and Fairness

Inequalities, whilst varying in severity and geography, are symptoms of the same disease. The roll back of women’s rights is happening everywhere yet it is only when we look at the global picture that the trend becomes starkly apparent. The continuing issues that this world faces with discrimination not only against women, […]