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Wales for Peace in Gaza

The ceasefire agreement in Gaza provides desperately needed hope and relief for so many people whose lives have been devastated by conflict. DEC charities and their local partners are scaling up their work in Gaza again after months of extraordinary challenges delivering aid.

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The 1935 Peace Ballot in Wales

By Rob Laker, History Masters Researcher, Swansea University (student placement with WCIA’s ‘Peace Heritage’ programme). [efsbutton size=”” color_class=”” align=”left” type=”link” target=”false” title=”Download Printable PDF Booklet” link=”https://dev.wcia.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-1935-Peace-Ballot-in-Wales-by-Rob-Laker-WCIA-Peacemakers-Feature.pdf”] The 1935 Peace Ballot was a UK wide poll of Britain’s electorate designed to measure the public’s opinions regarding the key debates in international relations at the time. Despite… Read More »

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Global Perspectives on COVID Pandemic: Solidarity, Community and Cooperation

Published on 25th March, in a fast changing international situation. As the COVID Pandemic of 2020 has reached ‘lockdown’ for the UK and many other nations, the need for our communities – and community of nations – to work together has never been greater. Wales and the World are inextricably linked through global health: pandemics… Read More »

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Academi Heddwch Cymru Peace Heritage Womens Peace Petition Centenary

Postcards from a Peace Mission: #OnThisDay 100 years ago – “Gwilym’s Diary” from the 1925 Welsh Churches Peace Appeal to America

#OnThisDay #OTD 100 years ago – Wed 25 Nov 1925 – a transatlantic liner called the ‘SS George Washington’ set sail from Southampton carrying a remarkable Peace Appeal from the Churches of Wales to America, conveyed by visionary Welsh peacebuilder the Rev Gwilym Davies. Over the next 6 weeks from November 25th 2025 to January… Read More »

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Global Climate Justice Cymru – Nov 2025 Week of Action for COP30, and Manifesto for 2026 Elections

As Wales prepares for the 2026 Senedd elections, Global Climate Justice Cymru calls for policies that root climate action in fairness, solidarity, and justice, both here in Wales and globally. This week, we have seen the unstoppable power of global movements around the world…

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Global Climate Justice Cymru – Nov 2025 Week of Action for COP30, and Manifesto for 2026 Elections

View Climate Cymru November Actions brief As Wales prepares for the 2026 Senedd elections, Global Climate Justice Cymru calls for policies that root climate action in fairness, solidarity, and justice, both here in Wales and globally. This week, we have seen the unstoppable power of global movements around the world… All of this is taking… Read More »

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Welsh Young People’s Competition for Global Education Week, 17-24 Nov 2025

You are warmly invited to join WCIA in celebrating Global Education Week 2025. Global Education week is an opportunity for all the countries of Europe to come together to learn about the world and take coordinated action to help make it a better place. For 2025, our focus and theme is on shaping a just,… Read More »

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Welsh Young People’s Competition for Global Education Week

You are warmly invited to join WCIA in celebrating Global Education Week 2025. Global Education week is an opportunity for all the countries of Europe to come together to learn about the world and take coordinated action to help make it a better place.

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Wales for Peace in Gaza: Ceasefire a fragile moment for Hope

October 2025 – Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Appeal The ceasefire agreement in Gaza provides desperately needed hope and relief for so many people whose lives have been devastated by conflict. DEC charities and their local partners are scaling up their work in Gaza again after months of extraordinary challenges delivering aid. The DEC Middle East… Read More »

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Hibakusha Portrait Exhibition comes to Cardiff: A Powerful Call to Peace

Cardiff, UK – 23rd October 2025 – 80,000 Voices is proud to announce a landmark exhibition of lenticular portraits of hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hosted at the Norwegian Church Arts Centre from October 24th to November 30th, 2025. This moving exhibition, first shown at the United Nations in… Read More »

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Wales Uniting Nations: Building a Better World after World War 2

Updated to mark #UN80, the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations in October 2025. 24 October every year is United Nations Day, with activities worldwide appearing on Twitter using the hashtags #UNDay #UNDay2024. This feature spotlights some of the connections between Wales and the story of the UN. 24 October 2024 marked the 79th ‘UN… Read More »

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Young peacemakers gather in Cardiff to celebrate peace in schools

Reproduced from Quakers UK, with many thanks Almost 100 young peer mediators from across South Wales came together in Cardiff Bay on 15 October to celebrate their shared commitment to resolving conflict peacefully. The event, ‘Celebrating the Peacemakers of the Future | Dathlu Heddychwyr y Dyfodol’, was the first children’s peace conference of its kind… Read More »

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Hibakusha Portrait Exhibition comes to Cardiff: A Powerful Call to Peace

80,000 Voices is proud to announce a landmark exhibition of lenticular portraits of hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hosted at the Norwegian Church Arts Centre from October 24th to November 30th, 2025.

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The Welsh Worker’s Peace Appeal Memorial of 1928 to the ILO (International Labour Organisation), Geneva

This article is under development over Autumn 2025, having recently digitised archival materials from the 1929 ILO Workers Memorial campaign which will be available here shortly. In 1929, following the momentum from previous Peace Memorial Campaigns led by Women of Wales over 1923-4, and Churches of Wales over 1925-6, over 1928-29 The Welsh League of… Read More »

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‘Capturing the Castles for Peace!’ How Wales marked the 10th Anniversary of the League of Nations, 1930

One of the many ‘hidden histories’ as yet unexplored among the Temple Archives of the Welsh League of Nations Union – many of which are held at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth – is the fascinating account of the WLNU’s 10th Anniversary campaign, when peace campaigners ‘stormed the strongholds’ of Wales’ historic castles… Read More »

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