Commonwealth meeting to consider policies and best practices to facilitate progress towards empowerment
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Promoting inclusive education and sustainable employment for persons with disabilities
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Scaling up of midwifery educators’ training will drastically improve maternal and neonatal health in Sub-Saharan Africa – Kenya Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka
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Kenya hails Commonwealth initiative to enhance capacity of midwifery
Community members must understand that socio-economic circumstances are not caused by sorcery - Justin Bahunga
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Poverty fuelling witchcraft hysteria says African charity
Commonwealth events to commemorate World Human Rights Day on 10 December
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Women human rights defenders speak out through storytelling and art
Commonwealth marks World AIDS Day
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Zero target ambitious but not impossible says Secretary-General
This report presents results from a research study on the education of pupils with albinism in Malawi, co-funded by the Commonwealth Secretariat, Sightsavers, Coventry University and the University of Birmingham.
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Education of children and young people with Albinism in Malawi
Message from Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma on World AIDS Day
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World AIDS Day 2011 - ‘Getting to Zero’
Links between AIDS and non-communicable diseases to be addressed
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Commonwealth takes NCDs agenda to AIDS summit
Strong political leadership highlighted as vital in boosting gender equality and development in the Commonwealth
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Women leaders meet to map out gender equality in the public sector
A level playing field vital to enable women to seize opportunities: Masire-Mwamba
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Deputy Secretary-General urges greater political reforms to encourage more women in leadership
Joint Commonwealth-UNESCO study is launched in Paris on the feminisation of the teaching profession
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Key new publication marks World Teachers’ Day
“When your labour is not available for sale, what does social protection mean to your unpaid caring work and the lives of all in your household?”
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HIV and AIDS stigma defies traditional care in the Pacific
Award for innovative education practices is your chance to bring your project to a global audience
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Showcase your education project to the world at Commonwealth awards
Commonwealth priorities captured in political Declaration of UN High-Level Meeting
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Commonwealth welcomes global commitment to combat Non-Communicable Diseases
Commonwealth Chair-in-Office spearheads high-level meeting at UN attended by Hillary Clinton and Michelle Bachelet
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Greater efforts needed to promote women’s participation in politics
UN holds high-level meeting on action to combat non-communicable diseases
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Health just got political again
Speakers at high-level UN dialogue include Hillary Clinton and Michelle Bachelet
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Commonwealth Chair-in-Office spearheads women’s leadership panel
Paper looks at the learning gained from the implementation of the Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol
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Study finds teachers face barriers in refugee communities
Mauritius conference to focus on best practices and cost-effectiveness of public expenditure
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Examining practices, issues and challenges of public procurement in the Commonwealth
Conference to explore linkages between communicable diseases such as HIV and TB and non-communicable diseases such as cancer and diabetes
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Commonwealth supports international AIDS conference for Africa
Commonwealth Chair-in-Office Kamla Persad-Bissessar to raise awareness on women’s leadership role at UN General Assembly event
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Commonwealth chair to co-host UN event on women’s political participation
Workshop brings together policymakers, campaigners, media and youth
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Journalists can play a key role in raising awareness of non-communicable diseases – public health experts
Workshop equips Caribbean journalists to better inform the public of life-threatening NCDs and to influence policy-makers
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Caribbean journalists to raise awareness on non-communicable diseases
“It is imperative that NCD prevention programmes target youth since lifestyle habits are often adopted at this stage of life and frequently remain well into adulthood,” Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Ransford Smith
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Commonwealth video campaign targets NCDs risk in young people
The UK’s high performance sports agency seconds an adviser for the Secretariat’s Sport for Development and Peace programme
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UK Sport and Commonwealth Secretariat collaborate