‘Your attitudes and leadership consistency will be pivotal’ — Deputy Secretary-General It was a day for ceremony and celebration in Chandigarh yesterday (weds) as the Commonwealth’s newly-elected youth leadership took their oaths in an hour-long Installation Ceremony Presided over by the Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba. On Tuesday, at a special Youth Leaders’ Conference in the …
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How lessons from China could help eradicate female genital mutilation
February 5by Monica Islam The People’s Republic of China, although an economic powerhouse, is no stranger to a …
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Read moreFostering Youth Empowerment Straight from Gujranwala Medical College
January 26by Monica Islam Not too long ago, two institutions—Gujranwala Medical College Welfare Society (GWS) …
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Read moreCommonwealth Correspondent lands coveted spot in Society of Manufacturing Engineers ‘30 Under 30’
January 19by Sitaram Nayak Sameer Kumar Misra, a trailblazer in the realm of manufacturing engineering and uti …
Read moreA Commonwealth citizen is generally described as a person, who is a national of any country within the Commonwealth of Nations. Under this organization, these nations agree to support the values and principles of the Commonwealth which addresses key matters such as democracy, equality, as well as access to health and education. This simple description …
The Social Studies Department of the Open University of Sri Lanka launched the Diploma in Youth Development at a function held Saturday (8) at the auditorium of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development in Narahenpita. Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Dullas Alahapperuma, Vice Chancellor of the OUSL Prof. Upali Vidhanapathirana and …
The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry will conduct five technical workshops at the Tomorrow’s Leaders Summit to be held in March. Its deputy minister, Datuk Fadillah Yusof, said the ministry had contributed RM143,000 for the summit which “encourages our youth to embrace science, technology and innovation as the enabler of a high-income economy”. About 1,000 …
PUNE: Indian Youth Congress (IYC) national president Rajiv Satav has said that about 80-85 per cent office bearers of the Maharashtra Youth Congress would come from non-political background. “The general trend in politics is of promoting scions of politicians and only youth having political background have so far received plum posts. For the first time in history, the …
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A recent post in the Guardian’s “Poverty Matters” blog touched upon an important idea: That we should focus on poor people, not just poor countries. When the World Bank carried out its annual reclassification in July, Senegal, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen all graduated to middle-income status – countries that have reached the US$1,000 or …
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The four CYP regional centres will each be hosting a regional consultation on the theme: Investing in youth employment and Entrepruenership development. The consultations will be held during the months of February and March of 2011. This will be followed by a Pan Commonwealth Dialogue on the same theme in April, 2011. …These consultations are …
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Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport (CABOS) meets in Delhi during 7-9 February 2011 for its annual meeting (CABOS 2011, DELHI). The meeting will be co chaired by the CABOS member from India, the host country along with Dr. Bruce Kidd, Chair, CABOS. The first two days of the meeting will be devoted to the business of …
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Global Health Corps announced applications are open for year-long fellowships for professionals under 30 years old to work on the front lines of underserved communities around the world. GHC announced: Global Health Corps is expanding this year to support 70 emerging leaders in their 2011-2012 fellowship class.Applications for placements in Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda and …
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Public debating is a fun learning process that can be thought provoking and challenging at times. It teaches one to be a good speaker and appreciate other points of views, writes 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Mehzabin Ahmed from Dhaka in Bangladesh. I have always considered myself eloquent, excellent in English, very knowledgeable about worldly affairs, and …
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