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The Commonwealth Secretariat is hosting a new webinar series for young people to have a louder voice in policy decisions affecting them.

Caribbean ministries of youth have met to discuss how best to protect young people from the damaging impacts of COVID-19.

The deadline to enter the 2021 Commonwealth education awards for good practice has been extended to 31 August 2020.

A webinar series has been launched by the Commonwealth Secretariat to help counter violent extremism and hate speech online.

Anti-slavery advocates have attended an online Commonwealth forum to share their concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world's most vulnerable children.

The Commonwealth Secretary-General has welcomed new legislation in Seychelles that will help curb violence against women and girls.

Continuing Commonwealth support is being provided in eSwatini to help ensure the country’s national human rights institution meets international standards.

The Commonwealth is co-launching a project to help young researchers examine the impact of COVID-19 on education systems.

As economies, institutions and social welfare sectors continue to buckle under the strain of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic crisis, there is a dangerous escalation in the risk to the millions of people caught in the clutches of domestic and gender-based violence. 

Acute challenges faced by LGBTI+ people must be addressed as part of an inclusive approach to tackling the Covid-19 pandemic.

Commonwealth health ministers have agreed to coordinate their response in tackling the coronavirus pandemic.

Last week, millions of children and young people should have been returning to classrooms after the Easter break.

Public parks have been gated shut, beaches emptied and stadia deserted, as an unprecedented 2.5 billion people across the world are told to sit at home.

This year the coronavirus has redefined International Day for Sport for Development and Peace celebrations.

To help sports policymakers and officials make good decisions about sport and exercise during the pandemic the Commonwealth is sharing lessons learned so far by sports policymakers around the Commonwealth.

Five years ago more than 40 babies born in Jamaican hospitals became infected with lethal bacteria - half of them died. The situation caught the attention of Jamaican technology student Rayvon Stewart who set about finding a way to curb the spread of harmful germs.

Education institutions, teachers and school leaders can now submit entries for the 2021 Commonwealth education awards for good practice.

The Commonwealth and UN are jointly supporting the development of a groundbreaking training manual to help young people build peace and stability in Kenya.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland today addressed the High Level Segment of the UN Human Rights Council’s 43rd Regular Session in Geneva.

Cricket legends will play a ‘Peace at the Crease’ charity cricket match in Barbados on 17 October.

Education ministers met in London to review progress and challenges in realising the Nadi Declaration, an agreement made in Fiji to ensure quality education for all.

On her visit to India, the Commonwealth Secretary-General travelled to the city of Gorakhpur in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. She took part in the launch of the Out of School Children Project, and attended the country’s first ever Sustainable Development Goals Choupal.

Former international hockey player Joie Leigh takes part in the 4th annual debate on Sport and Sustainable Development, hosted by the Secretariat to celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace in April 2019.

The Commonwealth is participating in the second phase of a project to explore the meaning of identity for young Bangladeshis. The Amader Porichoy (Our Identity) project - a partnership with Moringa Entertainment Limited - was launched in 2019, with the screening of the film Shongram (Struggle) set during the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971.