It should be everyone’s responsibility to protect the rights of those around them. However, very few accept this mantle with as much grace as Ashley Komangaapik Rose Cummings. Commonwealth Correspondent Samantha Khan, 26, from Trinidad spoke to the 2019 Commonwealth Youth Awards finalist about her work championing the rights of indigenous communities in Canada. If …
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What did we actually do with Women’s Month 2026?
April 23by Ruhamah Ifere Every March, the world pauses to celebrate women. Social media fills with affirmati …
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Applications Open for the Executive Committee Members for The Commonwealth Children & Youth Disability Network (CCYDN)
April 18Applications are now open for young leaders to join the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Chil …
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Invisible Lines: The Ethics of Structural Exclusion
March 22by Lilian Elochukwu Terna-Ayua Everyone is born free and equal in dignity and rights, as stated in A …
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The Empty Chair: Reclaiming Democratic Space for Cypriot Youth
February 23by Katerina Panagi When Cyprus assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026 u …
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Read moreStay home, stay safe, stay alive. That is the global message as the coronavirus pandemic claims more lives. While many of us can practice social distancing, spare a thought for refugees, forced migrants and displaced persons who have no choice about how and where they live. Bismark Akoto, a 24-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Accra, Ghana …
As one of the countries in Africa hardest hit by the coronavirus, Nigeria is pushing through new health legislation to replace old laws dating back to 1926. Although most citizens understand the need to replace old laws to reflect new health challenges, Omeye Chimaobi Kenechukwu, a 24-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Nigeria, raises concerns about human rights infringements …