Gender Equality & LGBTI

January 14, 2016 1650 views

LGBT refugees and asylum seekers require special consideration, as they face double persecution in both their home countries and in…

January 8, 2016 1249 views

Girls and women in Nigeria are getting a boost from a programme designed to help close the gender gap in…

January 1, 2016 1359 views

Street harassment can take different forms in different places, writes Alicia Wallace, 29, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Nassau, Bahamas, but…

September 27, 2015 1255 views

Viewing images and videos that are known to be recorded and shared without the consent of those shown makes the…

September 4, 2015 1250 views

Kenya’s constitution promises equality for women, but as Brian Dan Migowe, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kenya explains, there are…

July 8, 2015 1389 views

The United States Supreme Court made a long-awaited and historic decision on same-sex marriage, but as David Masengesho, 28, a…

June 20, 2015 1269 views

The tradition of gender-based discrimination is being challenged in the Bahamas, writes Alicia Wallace, 29, a Correspondent from Nassau, Bahamas,…

May 30, 2015 1570 views

A festival in the Bahamas has sparked renewed debate about the factors behind violence against women, writes Alicia Wallace, 29,…

May 1, 2015 1157 views

Feminism is a concept that has become divisive, writes Jake Elson, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Bunbury in Australia, who argues…