Commonwealth Correspondent Femi Asu is on the ground in Pretoria, covering the second Commonwealth Conference on Youth Work. He will be posting periodic updates from the event. Follow him on Twitter at asufemi. The Commonwealth is poised to intensify its effort towards professionalising the youth work sector in a bid to help young people grow …
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The theme for Commonwealth Day has a message for youth as well as for member nations, writes Harnoor Gill, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Georgetown in Canada. The theme of an Inclusive Commonwealth ensures the world’s smallest and least-developed countries have a say in decision-making on the global scale. The Commonwealth is a voluntary association …
In honour of Commonwealth Day 2016, some of our Correspondents have shared what the idea of an ‘Inclusive Commonwealth’ means to them. “I envision ‘An Inclusive Commonwealth’ where similarities enrich us and differences don’t hinder tolerance, respect and understanding. My experience as a Commonwealth scholar encouraged me to respect diversity.” “An …
The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) has a rich history of nurturing the creative talents of young people around the Commonwealth, promoting literacy and expression by celebrating excellence and imagination. The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition, run in partnership with Cambridge University Press, gives young people from diverse backgrounds a platform to express their views about the …
“The CYLW 2016 was a true token of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s commitment to youth development.” The Commonwealth Youth Leadership Week 2016 sought to empower the various youth networks to be centres of excellence in their fields, writes George Stanley Njoroge, a member of the Commonwealth Students Association from Kenya, as he discusses his participation in …
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Ms Arianne Kassman and Mr Emmanuel Sanyi On 11 May, the Commonwealth Secretariat hosted the Tackling Corruption Together conference, which brought together civil society, business and government leaders to set out their commitments to end impunity, prevent corruption, empower victims and support activists. The summit was organised in partnership with Transparency International, Thomson Reuters, Omidyar Network, …
Despite their restricted access to finance and weak regulatory environments, young entrepreneurs in Africa are rising above these challenges, writes Collins Kimaro, a Correspondent from Tanzania. On 25 May 2016, millions of young people across Africa celebrated International Africa Day. Their hope for the future shines against the backdrop of a global youth employment and under-employment crisis – a crisis …
A fortnight ago, the Commonwealth Students Association (CSA) and the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Youth and Education Divisions took part in the Organization for Economic Development’s (OECD) Inaugural Higher Education Stakeholders Forum. The OECD, like the Commonwealth, was established to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. Like the Commonwealth, …
London, Wednesday, July 20. Entries are invited for the 2016 ‘Young Journalist from the Developing World’ prize sponsored by the Thomson Foundation. Part of the UK Foreign Press Association Awards (FPA), the award enables journalists aged 30 and under from countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of less than $20,000 to enter …
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By Jenny Stodola and Basil Crozier, Royal Commonwealth Society Ottawa Branch Each May, over one hundred Canadian youth travel to Ottawa, the nation’s capital, to attend the National Student Commonwealth Forum (NSCF), a week-long leadership program created by the Royal Commonwealth Society Ottawa Branch over 40 years ago. Over the years, thousands of Canadian students …
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