Three years after adopting the 2030 development Agenda, countries are grappling with how to achieve its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Commonwealth tackles SDG data hurdles at World Data Forum
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A blog written by Loukinikini Vili, Director of Human Rights, Ombudsman and National Human Rights Institution, Samoa.
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Blog of the week: Samoa makes human rights history with inquiry into family violence
Challenges, good practices and how to improve the civil society space were the centre of discussions amongst delegates from Commonwealth countries and civil society organisations, during a gathering held in the margins of the 39th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Commonwealth civil society discussion series kicks off in Geneva
Globally, the World Health Organisation estimates that one in three women experience either physical or sexual violence during their lifetime.
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Ask the expert: The price tag of violence against women and girls
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The 17th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) takes place on 27 September 2018. Ministers from across the Commonwealth will convene during the UN General Assembly in New York.
In a historic move, the Ombudsman of Samoa undertook a national inquiry into family violence – the first of its kind in the Pacific – that revealed extremely high levels of violence against women and girls in the country, while also exploring ways to tackle the scourge.
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Commonwealth helps Samoa ombudsman tackle family violence
Experts from leading intergovernmental, civil society and sport organisations have agreed to work with the Commonwealth Secretariat to develop practical solutions to quantify and enhance the role sport can play in global efforts to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path.
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Global agencies join up to measure sports’ contribution to the SDGs
Sport, one of the great shared traditions of the Commonwealth, can make a very valuable contribution to shared goals and aspirations of our member countries.
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Ask the Expert: Transforming lives through sport development
“This training has ignited our spark in bringing positive changes to our communities,” says Saraban Tahura Zaman.
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‘Faith in the Commonwealth’ training praised by participants in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has pledged “all her support” for the Commonwealth’s “Peace at the Crease” initiative plus more collaboration to encourage Commonwealth trade.
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Bangladesh’s Prime Minister hits “Peace at the Crease” for six
Secretary-General Patricia Scotland underscored the importance of Commonwealth collaboration in delivering progress and bridging socioeconomic gaps to ensure common prosperity among the 53-member states, during her lecture at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
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Commonwealth collaboration: pathway towards a common future
Youth perspectives are key to finding solutions to most of the big challenges facing countries of the Commonwealth – and the Commonwealth collaboration and innovation can accelerate global progress towards a fairer, safer and more inclusive world.
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“Raise your voice to make a mark” say Queen’s Young Leaders
This year’s Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting (CHMM) provided a key platform for decision-makers to discuss priorities for citizens of the 53 member countries.
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CHMM lookback: Experts discuss key health priorities for Commonwealth
The Commonwealth has reinforced its commitment to get more women leading and participating in sport.
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Removing gender equality hurdles in sport discussed in Botswana
At the 30th Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting in Geneva, government representatives discussed a series of bold proposals
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Major health summit offers “springboard for action”
Tackling preventable diseases, funding universal healthcare and guaranteeing cervical cancer screening for girls are among the topics that will be addressed by Commonwealth ministers at a major health summit.
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Health Ministers set to agree on bold action to improve the lives of Commonwealth citizens
Twenty-eight young Bangladeshi leaders met in Dhaka to share their vision for building peace in their communities and to learn key skills at the third Faith in the Commonwealth Youth Training of Trainers workshop.
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Dhaka Faith: Commonwealth Youth Training of Trainers in Bangladesh
Campaigners from Africa have called for more action to end ‘harmful practices’, such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and child, early and forced marriage (CEFM), which they say remain ‘shamefully widespread’.
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Campaigners call for prevention and eradication of harmful practices
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The Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting (CHMM) will provide member countries with an opportunity to share experience and lessons, as well as build consensus on collective action, to address non-communicable diseases in the Commonwealth
Last month’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was a major opportunity for leaders to discuss some of the pressing health challenges facing member states.
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CHOGM lookback: communicable diseases in the spotlight
A centre to tackle violent extremism in Cameroon has been welcomed by the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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Commonwealth supports centre to tackle extremism in Cameroon
The success of the Gold Coast Games that ended last week, and the four-year journey to the next, in Birmingham in 2022, were celebrated at a sports breakfast in London this morning. Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland also met with guests over breakfast before travelling to Windsor for the Commonwealth Summit Leaders’ Retreat.
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Commonwealth sport continues to ‘grow and develop'
The Second Commonwealth Women’s Forum begins in London on Monday with a call for women’s rights to be firmly on the agenda of leaders when they meet later in the week.
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Forum to urge leaders to invest in women
Young leadership, gender empowerment and the future of women in the Commonwealth. Just three of the varied topics discussed at the Women of the World Festival (WOW) in Brisbane, Australia, where Commonwealth Secretary-General was a key speaker.
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The future of Commonwealth young women is bright
The debate is the Commonwealth Secretariat’s signature annual event and the first to be held outside London. The inaugural event in 2016 was a tie. It focused on whether government investment should be focused on health outcomes or broader human and social development results.
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Sport pays for itself in the Commonwealth