Shannay Williams, 20, a Commonwealth Correspondent from St. Thomas in Jamaica, has questions about how we navigate challenging times as she considers very personal decisions around rights and responsibilities. Every year we debate rights. The right to life, liberty, love, the pursuit of happiness, freedom of speech, peaceful protest; we debate democracy. We understand that rights …
Empowerment of women has a strong association with strengthening males, writes Asim Nawaz Abbassi, 30, a Commonwealth alumni from Islamabad, Pakistan, because it encourages women to live better and brings benefits to all. Strengthening women lets men have the courage to speak up. That strengthening is shown by allowing all people to be selfless, hardworking, multitasking, …
Everyone’s an advocate until it requires them to actually practice what they preach. writes Ashlee Burnett, 20, a Correspondent from Couva in Trinidad, as she examines consent in the context of Carnival. Everyone’s an activist until it requires them to act on everything they preach against. In 2017, women’s rights were celebrated; her right to say …
Domestic violence has endured as long as the world existed, writes Oluwapelumi Francis Salako, 20, a Correspondent from Oyo State in Nigeria, even though worldwide it is considered in a negative light. In spite of the condemnations and hostility against domestic violence, it has found and enshrined its own way of staying rigid and ever recurring …
If you allow people talk about how wonderful women are, they will talk without an end, writes Bryan Obaji, 27, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Calabar in Nigeria. At the same time, violence against women is endemic. He examines some causes and solutions. Right from our own homes, our mothers are wonderful, our wives are God-sent, our daughters …
The transgender community typically faces pervasive discrimination, but Sarmad Shahbaz Bhutta, 19, a Correspondent in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, notes that Pakistan is taking steps to eliminate inequality and ensure rights for transgender people. The transgender community is one of the most overlooked and severely treated of communities. These people never had their rights to live, not only in …
Chair of the Commonwealth Students’ Association Dr Maisha Reza shares her message for young people for International Women’s Day 2018. See all of the CSA’s latest news on Facebook Keep up to date with their work on Twitter
The role of women in today’s changing world has found and strengthened new identities, writes Amit Jain, 26, a Correspondent from Pune, India, who argues that in spite of change, women remain crucial in shaping a community. The world is breaking away from old traditions. With radical changes being seen all around us, there is one …
On the final day of the 11th Commonwealth Youth Forum, the young people of the Commonwealth finalised their declaration, expressing their policy recommendations to Heads of Government and action plan for the Commonwealth Youth Council. Layne Robinson, Head of Social Policy Development at the Commonwealth Secretariat said that the young people spoke very clearly on …
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Internationally and close to home, there is pressure to address the issue of sexual harassment. Munguongeyo Ivan, 24, a Correspondent from Kampala, Uganda, argues that removing harassment is essential for equality of academic opportunity. Sexual harassment is of great concern in higher institutions of learning, and cannot be separated from issues of educational equity. Recently, …