On 11th July 2010, terrorists struck the Kyadondo rugby club in Uganda, killing 80 innocent young people who were watching the World Cup finals. Diana Phoebe, a 25-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent, witnessed the horror first-hand. Here she recounts that terrifying night. Since the beginning of the month of June, Ugandans have been remembering, sharing stories, and …
"I could see bodies on the ground, people bleeding, others dead" Read More »
Australian youth, with their ability to mobilize a crowd through new forms of social media and their knack for garnering media attention with unique stunts, are transforming the campaigning space, reports Steph Carter, a 21-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Queensland. For the modern day campaigner, whether their cause be the environment, animal rights or social justice, …
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Australian youth, with their ability to mobilize a crowd through new forms of social media and their knack for garnering media attention with unique stunts, are transforming the campaigning space, reports Steph Carter, a 21-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Queensland. For the modern day campaigner, whether their cause be the environment, animal rights or social justice, …
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Life is sometimes full of hard lessons, but young people needn’t wait until they leave school to learn some of the key principles of assuring success and happiness, according to Eva Maria, a 20-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent in New Zealand. At the start of last month, I was asked to present at a local High School on …
“I had to swallow my pride and fear and get out there and do it” Read More »
Life is sometimes full of hard lessons, but young people needn’t wait until they leave school to learn some of the key principles of assuring success and happiness, according to Eva Maria, a 20-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent in New Zealand. At the start of last month, I was asked to present at a local High School on …
"I had to swallow my pride and fear and get out there and do it" Read More »
The United States faces a potentially catastrophic default on 2 August, when it will no longer be able to pay its bill without a Congressional deal to raise its borrowing limit, reduce spending or raise taxes. Ryan Bachoo, a 21-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago, fears Obama is to blame for not aggressively tackling …
“Obama may be fighting a battle that could go down to the last day” Read More »
The United States faces a potentially catastrophic default on 2 August, when it will no longer be able to pay its bill without a Congressional deal to raise its borrowing limit, reduce spending or raise taxes. Ryan Bachoo, a 21-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago, fears Obama is to blame for not aggressively tackling …
"Obama may be fighting a battle that could go down to the last day" Read More »
Inheritance is not only a matter of human rights, it adversely affects women’s economic and financial conditions. However the Bangladeshi government is failing to address the issue in national policy, writes Mehzabin Ahmed, a 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Dhaka. Recently there was much hullabaloo in Bangladesh about the National Women Development Policy 2011, which supposedly …
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Inheritance is not only a matter of human rights, it adversely affects women’s economic and financial conditions. However the Bangladeshi government is failing to address the issue in national policy, writes Mehzabin Ahmed, a 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Dhaka. Recently there was much hullabaloo in Bangladesh about the National Women Development Policy 2011, which supposedly …
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A mapping of sport for development and peace (SDP) initiatives, activities, projects and programmes across the Commonwealth was launched by the Youth Affairs Division on 22 July 2011. The exercise will help establish baseline data on SDP, which uses sport as a tool to help realise international development goals and to address some of the difficulties …
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