A PEACE programme has been set up by a group of women determined to pay respect to their forebears.

A worldwide campaign was launched by Gwynedd residents to commemorate the thousands of women who signed a peace petition following the First World War.

The Heddwch Nain/Mam-gu (Grandma’s Peace) celebrated International Women’s Day with a photography exhibition and workshops at Oriel Caffi Croesor, Croesor, Llanfrothen.

Between 1923 and ’24, over 390,000 Welsh women signed a petition to send to the women of America asking them to influence the country in becoming a key part of the League of Nations and to play its part in achieving a world without war.

Later, in 1926, over 2,000 women from north Wales marched to demonstrate their opposition to the atrocities of the First World War as part of a peace pilgrimage to London’s Hyde Park.

These extraordinary acts of peace came to light through the work of Wales for Peace, a project that is part of the Welsh Centre on International Affairs.

Now, a group of Gwynedd women – Ifanwy Williams from Porthmadog, Iona Price from Tanygrisiau, Anna Jane from Caernarfon and Awel Irene from Llanfrothen – have come together to form the Heddwch Nain/Mam-gu campaign, a seven-year-long campaign with its main aim to continue the efforts of the women who worked hard in the name of peace.

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