Gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of national progress is woefully inadequate. As Grant Duthie, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Brisbane, reports, it fails to consider the planet’s ecological limits and long-term sustainability. As world leaders meet for the Rio+20 summit in Brazil, UNEP executive director Achim Steiner has called on the world to …
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Despite decades of progress in education, women in Singapore are frequently stereotyped by the mass media as being highly dependent on men – inferior even. As much as this is unfortunate, Commonwealth Correspondent Aristle Tay, 18, wonders whether strict gender equality is even desirable? The old shibboleth that “women are of a less superior sex” resonates …
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Despite decades of progress in education, women in Singapore are frequently stereotyped by the mass media as being highly dependent on men – inferior even. As much as this is unfortunate, Commonwealth Correspondent Aristle Tay, 18, wonders whether strict gender equality is even desirable? The old shibboleth that “women are of a less superior sex” resonates …
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A series of gaffes and questionable policy moves have left US President Barack Obama with a mountain to climb to win re-election in November, argues Ryan Bachoo, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad & Tobago. At the turn of the year, I remember saying that the US presidential election is Barack Obama’s to lose. Well, …
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A series of gaffes and questionable policy moves have left US President Barack Obama with a mountain to climb to win re-election in November, argues Ryan Bachoo, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad & Tobago. At the turn of the year, I remember saying that the US presidential election is Barack Obama’s to lose. Well, …
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From CYP Caribbean Centre: In 1988 a rural youth, who was determined to make a difference, was given a life changing experience by the Commonwealth Youth Programme’s Caribbean Centre. On placing second in the Caribbean Youth of the Year Award this young man Alex Montgomery Foster was rewarded with his first overseas trip for one …
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Rising demand for cheap labour caused by an insatiable desire among consumers to possess the latest gadgets and apparel – from phones to T-shirts – has provoked a new area of modern-day slavery, says Ariela St Pierre-Collins, 15, from Barbados. How many slaves work for you? “What? Slaves work for me?” Human trafficking has existed in …
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Rising demand for cheap labour caused by an insatiable desire among consumers to possess the latest gadgets and apparel – from phones to T-shirts – has provoked a new area of modern-day slavery, says Ariela St Pierre-Collins, 15, from Barbados. How many slaves work for you? “What? Slaves work for me?” Human trafficking has existed in …
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Commonwealth joins forces with England’s National Youth Agency to promote positive impact of youth work across 54 countries Youth Work Week, which runs from 5 to 11 November, will be celebrated across the Commonwealth for the first time this year. This follows a partnership between the Commonwealth Secretariat and England’s National Youth Agency. The National …
Youth Work Week, which runs from 5 to 11 November, will be celebrated across the Commonwealth for the first time this year. This follows a partnership between the Commonwealth Secretariat and England’s National Youth Agency (NYA). The NYA has organised Youth Work Week since 1993, providing an opportunity for youth organisations, youth workers and young people …
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