While racism, sexism and homophobia are no longer tolerated in society, the same rule does not stand for sizeism. Rather, the prejudice seems to have slipped under the radar, writes 19-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Alisha Lewis from Auckland, New Zealand. Size. It’s a funny thing. Men brag about muscles and women have surgery to inflate – …
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Our leaders should begin seeing young people as a distinct group with specific skill-sets and abilities rather than simply resort to staid clichés and stereotypes, writes 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Craig Dixon from Jamaica. Many leaders and protectors of the old-guard habitually spew clichéd epithets about youth development at political rallies and during Youth Month which …
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Our leaders should begin seeing young people as a distinct group with specific skill-sets and abilities rather than simply resort to staid clichés and stereotypes, writes 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Craig Dixon from Jamaica. Many leaders and protectors of the old-guard habitually spew clichéd epithets about youth development at political rallies and during Youth Month which …
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We owe it to those people suppressed and disenfranchised elsewhere around the world to make the most of our democratic right to vote, writes 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Sam Bayes from London, England. As revolution continues to be in the air in North Africa and the Middle-East, comparisons and look-a-likes have been sprouting in the west …
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We owe it to those people suppressed and disenfranchised elsewhere around the world to make the most of our democratic right to vote, writes 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Sam Bayes from London, England. As revolution continues to be in the air in North Africa and the Middle-East, comparisons and look-a-likes have been sprouting in the west …
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As a “fervent believer” of multicultural policy and a Canadian citizen, 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Gys Weverink hopes his country does not follow the example of France in banning the niqab. In Western Europe, multiculturalism has increasingly found itself under attack. A number of western politicians including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister …
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As a “fervent believer” of multicultural policy and a Canadian citizen, 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Gys Weverink hopes his country does not follow the example of France in banning the niqab. In Western Europe, multiculturalism has increasingly found itself under attack. A number of western politicians including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister …
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Young Africans must resist blithely adopting western norms and learn from other parts of the developing world which have not lost their own culture, language and traditions, writes 26-year-old Roland Uwakwe from Abuja, Nigeria. What do you know about Africans, especially the 21st century African youths apart from what you see and hear on CNN and the …
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Young Africans must resist blithely adopting western norms and learn from other parts of the developing world which have not lost their own culture, language and traditions, writes 26-year-old Roland Uwakwe from Abuja, Nigeria. What do you know about Africans, especially the 21st century African youths apart from what you see and hear on CNN and the …
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University of Buea, Cameroon, July 26-30 2010 With support from the Association of Commonwealth Universities Sixty years after its formation, the Commonwealth still brings together a quarter of the world’s population. In November, Heads of Government from the 54 member states will meet in Perth, Australia, to receive a major report from an independent Eminent Persons …
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