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Reports: 'Women, Business and the Law 2014' and 'Gender, Trade and Public Procurement Policy' are launched at Commonwealth Secretariat

“This group has been very influential in setting the agenda so far”- Olav Seim, Director of Education For All Global Partnerships Team, UNESCO

Speaker: Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma

Mmasekoga Masire-Mwamba addresses the first International Colloquium on Civic Education and National Integration in Cameroon

Speaker: Freda Miriklis, President of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women

Sport and development experts concluded a two-day meeting in London with an urgent call for Commonwealth action on sport integrity.

The Commonwealth Secretariat today marks the start of a new partnership with the BBC and the British Council on a project aimed at promoting dialogue among students and sharing educational resources with schools.

Sports and development experts are meeting in London to discuss how sport could accelerate the achievement of education and health goals in the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth women’s affairs ministers will meet in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 17 to 19 June 2013 under the banner ‘Women’s Leadership for Enterprise’.

Commonwealth health ministers will meet in Geneva, Switzerland on 19 May 2013. A main item on the agenda will be to look at ways of ensuring the economic and social inclusion of people with mental health challenges.

Statement by Hon Rev. Dr John G N Seakgosing, Minister of Health, Botswana

"The Commonwealth will continue to speak out internationally and to advocate on the interests of small island states" - Kamalesh Sharma

Tickets for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 will go on sale from 19 August 2013.

“Everyone in the Commonwealth understands sport and it’s a powerful teacher by enabling you to see the commonality despite the diversity of humanity”- Professor Bruce Kidd

Speaker: Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma

‘Coldest Journey’ team aims to raise US$10 million towards combating preventative blindness

Message by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma: ‘The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum in the Commonwealth’

The specially-designed course is encouraging leaders to make a difference in the prisons they manage

The Commonwealth is training Caribbean youth workers on educating young people about their human rights.

Book now to attend the 16th Commonwealth Lecture

Financial services experts from across the Commonwealth will meet in the Indian city of Ahmedabad from 4 to 8 February 2013 to share knowledge and experiences on how to ease women’s access to finance

At the 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (18CCEM) in Mauritius, August 2012, ministers established a Working Group to develop recommendations for the post-2015 development framework for education. The recommendations would reflect Commonwealth priorities for education and would feed into the UN High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and to the UNESCO Global Education for All Meetings.

"This is a prime opportunity for us to exercise the collective advocacy role for which the Commonwealth is so well equipped" – Secretary-General