For 13 years, Anna Dwyer travelled the most isolated areas of Queensland, working with some of the state’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged communities. She has become a role model for a new generation of Australian women, writes Steph Carter, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Brisbane, Australia. My first real brush with a policewoman is one …

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Youth workers are at the forefront of social change and transformation and play an important role in engaging young people in activities, structures and institutions that draw on their innate, positive potential. The Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) Pacific Centre in Solomon Islands will celebrate Youth Work Week from 7th – 9th November. Two events will …

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For two weeks last summer I spent nearly every day in Guangzhou’s African enclave, listening to the women’s stories of migration, writes Leigh-Ann Worrell, 25,  a Commonwealth Correspondent from St. Thomas, Barbados. One of the overriding themes was that of desperation. In the bustling trade areas of Guangzhou, China, an estimated 100 000 Africans from …

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Tourism started off well after Uganda gained independence in 1962, says Diana Phoebe, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kampala. But after decades of decline the government has now realized the economic importance of the sector and assigned high priority to restoring it. The black, yellow, and red of the national flag is everywhere in this …

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Youth workers are at the forefront social change and transformation and play an increasingly important role in the national effort to engage young people in activities, structures and institutions that draw on their innate, positive potential. This week the Commonwealth Youth Programme Pacific Centre joins the Commonwealth family in celebrating Youth Work Week (5th – …

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In Africa, social networks are gradually undermining traditional community relationships, argues Roland Uwakwe, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Abuja, Nigeria. He says youths absorbed in the online world now rarely greet or respect their elders. Social networks with their good and bad influences are here to stay. To contemplate otherwise is to live behind the …

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When U.S. President Barack Obama first ran for president in 2008, he promised to end the Iraq War, grow energy independence, and provide universal health care. Commonwealth Correspondent Osmi Anannya, 25, from Dhaka, Bangladesh, looks at his first term record. The U.S. Presidential Elections of November 6, 2012 put Barack Obama back in the White …

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