by Mridul Upadhyay, India Coordinator – Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network “We, too, are trying to change our working process, putting a lot of efforts to improve and support youth peace initiatives.”- Cecile Mazzacurati, Head, Secretariat – Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security – UNFPA and Peace building Support Office UN’s improved effort to engage youth was …
Munguongeyo Ivan, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kampala, Uganda, spotlights the challenges of Uganda’s working poor, whose daily struggles seldom receive attention from the country’s public policy makers. The rural poor in Uganda face many daunting challenges. Many are locked in to a cycle of crises from which even the most gifted policy makers would find it …
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The shift towards a more peaceful world order rests squarely on the shoulders of young people, writes Bryan Obaji, 27, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Calabar in Nigeria. The modern world is becoming smaller, highly integrated and technologically more advanced. It also becoming highly fragmented, less peaceful, and unsafe for both present and future generations. …
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Young people living with disabilities must demand systemic change to ensure that balloting stations are accessible for all, both now and in the future, writes Vibhu Sharma, 24, a Correspondent from Delhi in India. Elections, in any democracy, continues to be a source of heated debates. While political candidates make tall (sometime egregious) promises to …
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The 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting recently held in Uganda has been considered a success by many youth participants, writes Kiiza Saddam Hussein, a Correspondent from Uganda who spoke with participants at the close of the meetings. During the meetings, a number of youth-led ventures and projects were shared. To those youths who had never …
Kiyara Matambanadzo, 16, a Correspondent from Harare in Zimbabwe, writes that more complex discussions about ‘rape’, ‘sexual assault’, and the meaning of ‘consent’ need to take place in the mainstream if change is to occur. In today’s society there are few words more powerful than the word ‘rape’. Rape is an utterly horrifying and inexcusable …
The first global Youth4South Solution Awareness Contest aims to promote the South-South Youth Leadership in advancing Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. In the framework of the Contest, individual young leaders or youth-led organizations from developing countries are invited to nominate their development solutions addressing one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Development solutions are to be submitted in …
A free massive open online course (MOOC) on the international and African legal framework on freedom of expression has been launched, offered by UNESCO and the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. The course is specifically designed for judges and other judicial members, including judicial officers, prosecutors, parliamentarians and lawyers. It is also …
by Odayne Haughton, Commonwealth Students Association Rep for The Caribbean and the Americas The Commonwealth Students Association commends the Jamaican Government for its active engagement and advancement of student movements in the country. November 17, 2017, International Students Day was a historic day in Jamaica as there were two major milestones in student activism. The event …
We want to hear from the Commonwealth Correspondents and hear their Commonwealth story, why it is important to them and what it still matters today. What’s happening? In April 2018, the UK will host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) when leaders from all the member countries are expected to gather in London and …
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