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DEC Myanmar Earthquake Appeal

As a member of the DEC Cymru (Disasters Emergency Committee) network in Wales, from Thursday 3rd April WCIA will be launching an urgent fundraising appeal for people in Myanmar who have been affected by the catastrophic earthquakes. Context The earthquakes were the strongest to hit the country in decades, with […]

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Middle East Humanitarian Appeal launched by WCIA with DEC Cymru | Disasters Emergency Committee

WCIA as a member of DEC Cymru, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), have launched a Middle East Humanitarian Appeal to raise urgent funds for people whose lives are being devastated by conflict. Over the past year, conflict in the Middle East has devastated lives across the region, and millions […]

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Week 3 of #AnniesDiary100, the ‘Biltmore Luncheon’ – Wales Women’s Peace Petition presented 100 years ago #OTD 19 February 1924

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 […]

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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, […]

Environment Poverty and Development

DEC Appeal for “Worst Flooding in History of Pakistan” – Climate for Welsh Action

WCIA join Welsh Civil Society and communities in calling for the UK to properly fund the UN’s Pakistan Floods Appeal – and offer ideas for personal action you can take in your home and community. […]

History

National Eisteddfod Event on plans to return the 1923 Women’s Peace Appeal to Wales

A treasure from Wales’ Peace Heritage is to make the journey from Washington to Wales, to mark the centenary next year of the 1923 Welsh Women’s Peace Appeal to America – a campaign petition signed by 390,296 women across Wales. Might your gran be among them? […]

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International Women’s Day 2021: Countdown to Centenary of the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition to America

International Women’s Day on 8 March has been marked annually as a United Nations Day since 1975 – designated ‘international women’s year‘ – building on a tradition started in March 1911, when the first “International Women’s Day” was started by women in Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark. In the 100 […]

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Volunteer Blog: Ffion reflects on Transcribing Annie’s Diary – the ‘Welsh Women’s Peace Tour’ of America, 1924.

Ffion Edwards, from Llantwit Major, has been volunteering from home on WCIA’s ‘Peace Heritage’ programme – transcribing the Women’s Peace Appeal ‘American Peace Tour’ diary of WLNU Chair Annie Hughes Griffiths, from 1924. […]