Nominations open for 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards
Nominations have opened for the 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards which will see winners awarded a cash grant to scale-up development work benefiting their communities.
Brunei meeting to boost Commonwealth youth development policies
The role of young people in the development of Commonwealth countries will be the focus of a high-level meeting in Brunei from 27-29 August.
Commonwealth Youth Work Week theme announced
This year’s Commonwealth Youth Work Week will be celebrated across the 53 member countries from 4-10 November.
Blog: Innovation: a light at the end of the tunnel for disaster hit nations
Since around 2010, the Commonwealth had been calling on the international community to look towards innovation. It was a period in which most of the memberships’ small and middle-income countries had become incapacitated with debt, whilst also facing the dire risk of more frequent and severe natural disasters.
Commonwealth highlights students’ contribution to transforming education on International Youth Day 2019
The Commonwealth has developed a new education programme to strengthen learning systems in member countries.
Commonwealth pushes for stronger partnerships to strengthen rights of young people with disabilities
The Commonwealth Children and Youth Disability Network has convened its first strategic meeting in London, following its official launch during Commonwealth Week earlier this year.
Commonwealth Secretary-General: Urgent multilateral climate action needed for security and wellbeing of Pacific islanders
The Pacific is the Commonwealth region most vulnerable to climate change. It faces intense variations in temperatures, extreme storms, rising sea levels, and is also highly vulnerable to earthquakes, floods, tidal surges, landslides, droughts, forest fires, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.
Blog: Why disaster readiness is critical for Africa – and what the Commonwealth is doing about it
Five months ago, Cyclone Idai ripped through the Southern African region, causing a massive humanitarian disaster that affected three million people. More than a thousand perished, while 200,000 lost their homes, many of whom are still to this day living in refugee camps.
Blog: We are supporting Governments in tackling the devastating impacts of climate change
By taking coordinated collective action, the nations of the Commonwealth can accelerate the mobilisation of international efforts that are the only hope if we are to prevent further detrimental human impact on the delicate natural balance of our planet.
Welcoming peace in Mozambique
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, welcomes the signing of a peace and reconciliation agreement between the governing party Frelimo and the opposition Renamo on 6 August 2019.