Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “Views on decriminalising homosexuality” April 25, 2016 2809 views Repealing a little-used law against homosexuality sparked a potentially divisive debate, but Angelique Pouponneau, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from the…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “Changing culture to enforce equality” April 18, 2016 3865 views Equality for Caribbean women will require an understanding of history and a change in culture, writes Khadija Holder, 26, a…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “Natural hair, racism and gender equality” March 11, 2016 4085 views Mothers are advocating for their daughters’ rights to exist as black people, unashamed of their roots – from historical to…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “Inspiration: meet the iron woman!” March 10, 2016 4558 views International Women’s Day prompted Summaya Afaq, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Karachi, Pakistan, to reflect on Muniba Mazari, a woman…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “Group empowers women: let the light shine” March 8, 2016 2946 views With International Women’s Day in mind, Carole Nyemeck, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Yaounde in Cameroon met with Hawaou Adamou, the…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “Women’s Day – views from Cameroon” March 7, 2016 4412 views This year’s International Women’s Day in Cameroon focuses on “Gender Equality by 2030”, writes Alphonse Akouyu, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “My reasons for supporting feminism” January 29, 2016 13323 views Feminism is a controversial issue, writes Omang Agarwal, 19, a Correspondent from India, but he suggests that looking at the women…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “LGBT refugees need special consideration” January 14, 2016 4026 views LGBT refugees and asylum seekers require special consideration, as they face double persecution in both their home countries and in…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “Initiative team empowers girls for the future” January 8, 2016 2877 views Girls and women in Nigeria are getting a boost from a programme designed to help close the gender gap in…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “I was harassed here. No one helped me” January 1, 2016 3567 views Street harassment can take different forms in different places, writes Alicia Wallace, 29, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Nassau, Bahamas, but…