The first discussion meeting of the year took place on Friday, 3 February 2023. The topical theme of this month’s discussion was: “Should people be cancelled?” During the meeting, we discussed Andrew Tate, his return to Twitter and why he is banned on almost every social media platform. Participants also […]
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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, […]
Report of the First Meeting of European Peace Research Institutes
8-9 September 2022, Flemish Parliament, Brussels Aim In 2022, the Flemish Peace Institute took the initiative to bring together representatives of European Peace research institutes to discuss the current trends and challenges for peace research, as well as how the different institutes can strengthen each other’s work and the opportunities to strengthen the […]
Blog Education Global Perspectives Home learning Human Rights Immigration, Refugees and Asylum Teachers` experiences War and Peace Talking to children about Natural Disasters
WCIA’s Global Learning Manager, Amber Demetrius, offers her thoughts on creating spaces for children to talk about and understand disasters and other big world events. It’s no secret amongst my nearest and dearest that I cry easily. Despite knowing that all will be ok at the end of the story, […]
Climate change Cymru Global news Environment Humanitarian Immigration, Refugees and Asylum War and Peace Turkey & Syria Earthquake – Wales Responds: How can you help?
Please note this article has been superseded with the launch on Thursday 9th February of the DEC (Disasters Emnergency Committee) Turkey Syria Earthquake Appeal.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 […]
Hollókő, Hungary: 30th November – 4th December
During the 30th November – 4th December, placement officers from different Alliance organisations gathered together in Hollókő, Hungary to prepare for the 2023 volunteering season. Over 3 days, we reflected on the previous season, debated and laid the foundation for the next year – co-creating best practices in placement procedures […]
Strasbourg, France: study session “IVS4Youth”
From the 25th-29th September, young members and volunteers of The Alliance met in the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, France to take part in the study session, “IVS4Youth”. This study session worked towards gathering and building on ideas of the participants on how to increase youth involvements in IVS (International […]