Just a few things we’ve got planned in the months ahead: 7th-9th February: CABOS (Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sports) Meeting, Delhi – India Discussions on how Sports can be better utilized as a tool for Peace and Development. 14th-18th February: Commonwealth Youth Sub-committee on Human Rights and Democracy Training, London. Commitment Create a Commonwealth Youth …
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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 …
CYP On the Move: Regional Consultations on Youth Economic Empowerment soon. Read More »
A first trip to Britain for young Indian writer and English literature enthusiast Joyeeta Basu brought home the contradictions between London and her native Mumbai. It was in the winter of 2006 that I first visited London. It was my first international flight and I remember smiling through most of the eight-hour long journey from Mumbai. …
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A first trip to Britain for young Indian writer and English literature enthusiast Joyeeta Basu brought home the contradictions between London and her native Mumbai. It was in the winter of 2006 that I first visited London. It was my first international flight and I remember smiling through most of the eight-hour long journey from Mumbai. …
Correspondence: 'A different world in space and time' Read More »
Growing up as a child in the Caribbean is a challenge, growing up in New York is opportunistic, but growing up in London in this day and age is impossible, contends Ryan Bachoo, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago. Now the world knows the power of youth. London’s Metropolitan Police on Tuesday released …
“The thing rioters had in common was that they were all young” Read More »
Growing up as a child in the Caribbean is a challenge, growing up in New York is opportunistic, but growing up in London in this day and age is impossible, contends Ryan Bachoo, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago. Now the world knows the power of youth. London’s Metropolitan Police on Tuesday released …
"The thing rioters had in common was that they were all young" Read More »
The people of Syria and Libya are fighting for their basic rights – to govern their country, for the right of self-expression, for a safer, more secure future for their children. What exactly, asks Alisha Lewis, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Zealand, were England’s rioters fighting for? When I think ‘London’, a number of things …
“How is stealing a 40 inch plasma television aiding your cause?” Read More »
The people of Syria and Libya are fighting for their basic rights – to govern their country, for the right of self-expression, for a safer, more secure future for their children. What exactly, asks Alisha Lewis, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Zealand, were England’s rioters fighting for? When I think ‘London’, a number of things …
"How is stealing a 40 inch plasma television aiding your cause?" Read More »
In Britain, the party conference season sees politicians, ordinary party members and grassroots activists meet to discuss national policymaking in front of the national media. But, asks Sam Bayes, 29, a Commonwealth Correspondent from London, how useful are these carefully choreographed events? It’s political party conference season here in the UK. This means that hundreds …
“What do we learn during party conference season in Britain?” Read More »
In Britain, the party conference season sees politicians, ordinary party members and grassroots activists meet to discuss national policymaking in front of the national media. But, asks Sam Bayes, 29, a Commonwealth Correspondent from London, how useful are these carefully choreographed events? It’s political party conference season here in the UK. This means that hundreds …
"What do we learn during party conference season in Britain?" Read More »