The Sri Lankan cricket team has congratulated the Commonwealth on its Peace at the Crease initiative
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Sri Lanka cricket team champions Commonwealth Peace at the Crease
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At the annual Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting in Geneva on Sunday, ministers discussed the need to prioritise women, youth, people with disabilities and vulnerable groups, in their ongoing push towards universal health coverage (UHC).
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Health ministers focus on the needs of the most vulnerable
Applications are now open to attend a workshop in Cameroon on the participation of women in preventing and countering violent extremism
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Applications open for Cameroon peace building conference
Commonwealth ministers of health will meet this Sunday, 19 May in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss how to accelerate universal health coverage (UHC) in their countries, in order to safeguard vulnerable populations.
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Ministers rally behind universal health coverage
A new agreement between the Commonwealth and the Government of Malta will promote the sharing of knowledge and solutions to strengthen the voluntary sector in member countries.
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Commonwealth and Malta to establish new desk to enhance voluntary sector
The Commonwealth hosted a partner’s forum at this week’s World Press Freedom Day conference in Addis Ababa to discuss threats to the electoral process from information and communication technology.
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Reforms required if elections are to withstand on-line challenges
Teachers and pupils at a school in Zambia have been celebrating the opening of a new classroom thanks to donations from law conference delegates.Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland officially opened the new facility at the Linda Community School in the small village of Livingstone, Zambia.
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Lawyers fund new classroom building in Zambia
An all-female team won the 4th Commonwealth Debate on Sport, arguing that “intentional action” is needed to scale sport’s impact on sustainable development. The debate was on the contribution of sport to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) being limited by a current skills and knowledge gap.
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Tackling “action gap” will boost sport’s role in sustainable development, say debaters
Two teams of experts, athletes and youth leaders will face off at the Annual Commonwealth Debate on Sport and Sustainable Development.
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Debate probes potential skills gap in sport and sustainable development
The Ombudsman of Namibia has convened a roundtable on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) with support from the Commonwealth.
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Namibia holds roundtable on sexual and reproductive health and rights
Commonwealth countries must rethink their approach to delivering public services if sustainable development is to be achieved, according to the Commonwealth Secretary-General.
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Public service must rethink development strategies, says Secretary-General
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The contribution of sport to the Sustainable Development Goals is limited by a current skills and knowledge gap. Sport has been recognised as an important enabler of sustainable development in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Commonwealth Secretariat and the Royal Commonwealth Society will host a four-day Commonwealth Youth Dialogue Conference: Youth Workshop on International Peace and Security and Building Community Resilience from the Ground Up, in Kuala Lumpur from 1-4 April.
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Applications open for regional youth conference on peace and security
The Commonwealth Secretary-General has stressed the fundamental importance of education to the well-being and prosperity of people in member countries, and called for “radical rethinking and innovation”
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Commonwealth Renews Education Drive as world marks Education Day
Today we celebrate and commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Human Rights Day: parliaments essential for realising rights
The Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, has launched a UN report that highlights the enormous contributions of young people to peacebuilding and conflict resolution.
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Secretary-General: Invest in youth to deliver peace
The Commonwealth has concluded a ‘Faith in the Commonwealth’ training of trainers in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Twenty-five young leaders from across the country’s ten regions attended a four-day residential programme to promote community cohesion through global citizenship education.
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Commonwealth trains young leaders in Cameroon in community cohesion and peace
A blog written by Loukinikini Vili, Director of Human Rights, Ombudsman and National Human Rights Institution, Samoa.
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Blog: Samoa makes human rights history with inquiry into family violence
The Commonwealth, in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Australia and Fiji to the UN, has conducted a side event on the relationship between parliaments and national human rights institutions (NHRIs).
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Cooperation between parliaments and human rights institutions emphasised
The Commonwealth, in partnership with the Universal Rights Group (URG) and the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), convened an open dialogue on the role played by parliaments and civil society in the global human rights agenda.
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Parliaments proposed as “official stakeholders” in the UN Human Rights Council mechanism
The Commonwealth has taken part in a two-day meeting to enhance women’s political participation and leadership in the English-speaking Caribbean.
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Commonwealth highlights research results at Caribbean conference on women’s political participation
The Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM) have signed a new agreement to improve the leadership and management skills of educators and school leaders in member countries.
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New partnership to improve leadership skills of educators
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The Commonwealth Secretariat’s Human Rights Unit will be holding three events in Geneva this week to promote the role of parliamentarians, parliaments and civil society organisations in advancing human rights within the Commonwealth.
Cricket has the potential to unite communities and help countries towards their development goals, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has said.
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Cricket bodies team up with the Commonwealth to advance development goals
The Commonwealth has launched a publication that emphasises the role of parliamentarians in implementing the human rights commitments that their countries have made.
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New publication maps parliaments’ role in realising human rights