Recent diplomatic animosity in the Indo-US relationship will mitigate due to mutual interest in economic, military, educational, and social exchange, especially as India drives for a permanent seat at the UN security council, writes Mitrajit Biswas, 24, a Correspondent from India. Whenever we are talking about the context of Indo-US relationship, it has been always …
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Gender Equity | Peace and Justice
She was a Minor, not a TikToker, Call Sana Yousaf’s murder what it is — A Femicide
June 7by Ramna Saeed Sana Yousaf, a minor girl with dreams and hopes recently became prey of institutional …
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Democracy & Participation | Youth Empowerment | Youth Networks
New Voice for Asia’s youth as CAYA takes its first steps in Pakistan
March 16by Ramna Saeed Pakistan has taken a significant step in shaping the future of youth governance in So …
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As a first-time attendee of the festival, Shomira Sanyal, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Delhi in India says that she was thoroughly spoiled in attending the Jaipur Literature Festival, Asia’s largest and the world’s biggest free lit-fest. The city of Jaipur recently saw literature enthusiasts from all corners of the world coming to attend …
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Bangladesh faces serious economic consequences from ongoing political unrest, writes Asif Reza Akash, 22, a Correspondent from Dhaka in Bangladesh, who says strikes are taking a toll in rising prices and lost income. Bangladesh has passed its tenth national parliamentary election under an amended constitution. The previous opposition and major political party BNP and its …
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The stereotype of rural poverty has been turned on its head in Pakistan, where urban poverty is a dire problem that needs intervention through new government policies, writes Naseema Perveen, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Islamabad in Pakistan. Pakistan has been reported to be a place which is dangerous for human life; it faces a …
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As a lead speaker at the Commonwealth Youth Forum of November 2013, Salma Yusuf, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Sri Lanka, had a unique opportunity to reflect on youth’s role in reconciliation and policy-making. It was indeed an honour to address emerging leaders of Commonwealth nations hailing from four of the world’s inhabited continents. What was …
An independent judiciary has long been endorsed as one of the three pillars of good government, writes Madusha Erandi, 21, a Correspondent from Colombo in Sri Lanka, but society must be vigilant to safeguard the rule of law. Blackstone, the famous English Jurist, summed up his ideas about the independence of a judiciary within a …
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Pakistan was founded as a country of peace and brotherhood, writes Naseema Perveen, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Islamabad in Pakistan. But the growing threat of fundamentalist activists is turning those principles upside down. Pakistan was established in the name of Islam, a state where freedom of choice and freedom of faith was to be …
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India has passed a historic bill enabling the investigation of corruption, writes Mridul Upadhyay, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Delhi in India, and in doing so underlined the power of Gandhi’s non-violent protests. What Mahatma Gandhi did in his devotion to non-violence seems impossible now. We give priority to money, power and success over …
International Women’s Day is celebrated to uphold the rights of women in society, writes Madusha Erandi, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Colombo in Sri Lanka, who argues that advancing equality for women will benefit society as a whole. Some time back in the late 1890’s there was a garment workers’ strike in New York, where …
Portraying themselves as the weaker sex is a common role for women, writes Naaz Fahmida, 27, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Bangladesh, as she looks at the consequences of that concept. In my interactions with women recently I have noticed a phenomenon which is a little more universal. It refers to the general psyche of …
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