In response to social media attacks directed at Welsh Refugee Council, WCIA extend our solidarity to the WRC. We fully sign up to and support the statement from WCVA, reproduced below. We are deeply concerned and disheartened to witness the recent attacks directed at the Welsh Refugee Council (WRC) on social […]
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Keeping younger people safe online? Australia Introduces World-First Ban on Social Media for Under-16s
In today’s digital age, more people than ever are joining social media, becoming exposed to a plethora of news and information, and connecting with people and ideas all over the world. However, this isn’t limited to adults, as those ‘joining’ the internet are seemingly getting younger and younger. But is […]
Faith in Action: Welsh Churches Campaign for Peace, 1925-2025
Over 2025-26, WCIA alongside Cytun (Churches Together in Wales) and community partners Wales-wide are marking the centenary of a remarkable 1925 campaign that sought to put ‘faith into action’, by bringing together the Churches of Wales in what is thought to have been the first ecumenical (interfaith) campaign of the […]
Women’s Peace Stories, then and now: Voices of Eifionydd
As part of the Women’s Peace Petition centenary celebrations, this booklet – Lleisiau’r Llofnodion (‘the voice of the signatures’) – brings together 11 hidden histories brought to life by direct descendants of women who signed the original petition, facilitated and collected by Llinos Griffin. […]
Celebrating Pride in Lesotho’s 200th Year: Wales and World-wide Allies join in Solidarity
On Saturday 9th November, one of the highest Prides in the world brought a carnival of colour and cheer to the centre of Maseru, capital of Southern Africa’s ‘mountain kingdom of Lesotho’. Popularly called the ‘kingdom in the sky’ due to its high altitude, Basotho Pride organisers brought queens and […]
The Bombing of Wales’ Temple of Peace, November 1967
This astonishing ‘hidden history’ from the archives of Wales’ Temple of Peace shocks almost all who hear it – and yet offers a fascinating insight into the turbulent journey behind modern Wales. In the early hours of 17 November 1967, a terrorist bomb was detonated at Wales’ National Temple of […]
Safeguarding nature during times of conflict
6 November marks the 23rd annual International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. Declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2001, this day was created to remember the environmental consequences of war, whether that be on wildlife, plants, or even water and […]
Reflecting on the recent Austrian elections: Why could this be so problematic for human rights?
At the end of September, Austrian voters went to the polls to elect the National Council, the lower and legislatively most powerful house of Austria’s parliament. In a historic win, Herbert Kickl’s Freiheitliche Partei Österreich (FPÖ) secured 28.9% of the vote, and although this is far short of a majority, […]