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“This year’s Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers will be very important as the 2015 end date for education goals is just around the corner” - Zeferino Martins

“There has not been enough recognition of the immense contribution that persons with disabilities can make" - Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General

Girls with disabilities are almost 10 per cent less likely to finish primary school than their male classmates according to a World Health Survey. Abia Akram, a 28-year-old Pakistani woman living with a disability, spoke to Commonwealth News about her campaign to raise the concerns of women with disabilities. She is attending the Commonwealth Secretariat Expert Roundtable on Inclusive Education and Sustainable Employment for Persons with Disabilities in the Commonwealth to give her views as a youth representative.

Participants from 14 Commonwealth countries explore best practices for implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Ransford Smith: The importance of global and local partnerships in bridging development gaps in education

Commonwealth meeting to consider policies and best practices to facilitate progress towards empowerment

Scaling up of midwifery educators’ training will drastically improve maternal and neonatal health in Sub-Saharan Africa – Kenya Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka

Community members must understand that socio-economic circumstances are not caused by sorcery - Justin Bahunga

Commonwealth events to commemorate World Human Rights Day on 10 December

Commonwealth marks World AIDS Day

Message from Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma on World AIDS Day

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.

Links between AIDS and non-communicable diseases to be addressed

Strong political leadership highlighted as vital in boosting gender equality and development in the Commonwealth

A level playing field vital to enable women to seize opportunities: Masire-Mwamba

Joint Commonwealth-UNESCO study is launched in Paris on the feminisation of the teaching profession

“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?”

Award for innovative education practices is your chance to bring your project to a global audience

Commonwealth priorities captured in political Declaration of UN High-Level Meeting

Commonwealth Chair-in-Office spearheads high-level meeting at UN attended by Hillary Clinton and Michelle Bachelet

UN holds high-level meeting on action to combat non-communicable diseases

Speakers at high-level UN dialogue include Hillary Clinton and Michelle Bachelet

Mauritius conference to focus on best practices and cost-effectiveness of public expenditure

Paper looks at the learning gained from the implementation of the Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol

Conference to explore linkages between communicable diseases such as HIV and TB and non-communicable diseases such as cancer and diabetes