by Monica Islam Austria recently banned the Hijab in schools in an effort to separate religion from …
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by Viranga Wijayasinghe, Commonwealth Asia Youth Alliance Advocacy Fellow Sri Lanka had a peculiar w …
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Read moreCaribbean cultural industries have struggled for pride of place at home despite their popularity abroad, according to Leigh-Ann Worrell, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Barbados currently studying in Beijing, China. Barbadian, Belgian, Brazilian and British students sat on a couch in a dimly lit bar in Beijing, China. Other than the fact that they are all …
"Bob Marley had to struggle for recognition in his own homeland" Read More »
As the world honours the contributions of women on 8 March, Leigh-Ann Worrell, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Barbados studying in Beijing, interviews the founder of a Chinese NGO devoted to improving the skills of females in rural areas. As we celebrate International Women’s Day this month, I share with you the grassroots work of one …
“Empowering women is the best way to get everyone empowered” Read More »
As the world honours the contributions of women on 8 March, Leigh-Ann Worrell, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Barbados studying in Beijing, interviews the founder of a Chinese NGO devoted to improving the skills of females in rural areas. As we celebrate International Women’s Day this month, I share with you the grassroots work of one …
"Empowering women is the best way to get everyone empowered" Read More »
The world has the resources and capability to put the sufferings of children all over the globe to an end, writes Aristle Tay, 18, from Singapore. So enough of the hesitation. For the longest time possible, children from all over the world have been enmeshed in a cruel mire of misery and despair. Haunted by …
“Children have been enmeshed in a cruel mire of despair” Read More »
The world has the resources and capability to put the sufferings of children all over the globe to an end, writes Aristle Tay, 18, from Singapore. So enough of the hesitation. For the longest time possible, children from all over the world have been enmeshed in a cruel mire of misery and despair. Haunted by …
"Children have been enmeshed in a cruel mire of despair" Read More »
Forty years after independence, many indigenous peoples in Bangladesh continue to face barriers to learning and participation in the public realm owing to the language they speak. Mehzabin Ahmed, 28, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Dhaka, reports. On the sad and historic day of 21 February 1952, the Pakistani police force opened fire on a group of peaceful …
“Multilingualism is our ally in ensuring quality education for all” Read More »
Forty years after independence, many indigenous peoples in Bangladesh continue to face barriers to learning and participation in the public realm owing to the language they speak. Mehzabin Ahmed, 28, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Dhaka, reports. On the sad and historic day of 21 February 1952, the Pakistani police force opened fire on a group of peaceful …
"Multilingualism is our ally in ensuring quality education for all" Read More »
To conquer fear we must choose to accept the unknowns present in life and take a leap of faith, says Aristle Tay, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Singapore. It is alright to be forever scared. That is what I had always chosen to foolishly accept. Until a few weeks ago, when I finally figured out …
“I wondered why people fear things. Then, it came to me” Read More »
To conquer fear we must choose to accept the unknowns present in life and take a leap of faith, says Aristle Tay, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Singapore. It is alright to be forever scared. That is what I had always chosen to foolishly accept. Until a few weeks ago, when I finally figured out …
"I wondered why people fear things. Then, it came to me" Read More »
In January, Jamaica’s new prime minister announced she intends to make her country a republic, some fifty years since formal independence from Britain. Other Commonwealth nations may soon follow suit, according to Wajahat Nassar, 24, from Pakistan. The question of whether to continue with a member of the British royal family as head of state …
“The right to self-determination must be respected” Read More »
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