Poet, activist and development expert Simone Leid launched a new project last month to encourage women around the Caribbean to speak out about their experiences of discrimination. Leigh-Ann Worrell, a 23-year-old from St Thomas in Barbados, reports. “I am woman, hear me roar/in numbers too big to ignore,” sang a strong, invincible Helen Reddy four …
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Poet, activist and development expert Simone Leid launched a new project last month to encourage women around the Caribbean to speak out about their experiences of discrimination. Leigh-Ann Worrell, a 23-year-old from St Thomas in Barbados, reports. “I am woman, hear me roar/in numbers too big to ignore,” sang a strong, invincible Helen Reddy four …
Correspondence: 'It all begins with a little (self) R-E-S-P-E-C-T' Read More »
Investing in the education, health and talents of the world’s female population reaps economic as well as social and political benefits. However success relies on breaking down traditional ideologies and conventions, writes Samantha Khan, an 18-year-old from Trinidad & Tobago. Famed French social critic and writer, François Marie Charles Fourier, once wrote: “The extension of …
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We should ensure that both men and women are empowered, motivated and feel like worthwhile members of society, writes Daniel Boxhill, a 21-year-old from Bridgetown, Barbados. As the pillar of support for the family unit, which functions as the foundation of society, women provide social cohesion and are the backbone of any strong community. They …
Correspondence: ‘A risk that women will forever be Atlases’ Read More »
We should ensure that both men and women are empowered, motivated and feel like worthwhile members of society, writes Daniel Boxhill, a 21-year-old from Bridgetown, Barbados. As the pillar of support for the family unit, which functions as the foundation of society, women provide social cohesion and are the backbone of any strong community. They …
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There is so much more that needs to be achieved before Barbados can boast of its achievements in gender equality, writes Leigh-Ann Worrell, a 23-year-old from the town of St Thomas. On the surface, it seems like a cause for celebration. Barbados was named as the second-best place in the Commonwealth to be born a …
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Forty years after independence, many indigenous peoples in Bangladesh continue to face barriers to learning and participation in the public realm owing to the language they speak. Mehzabin Ahmed, 28, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Dhaka, reports. On the sad and historic day of 21 February 1952, the Pakistani police force opened fire on a group of peaceful …
“Multilingualism is our ally in ensuring quality education for all” Read More »
Forty years after independence, many indigenous peoples in Bangladesh continue to face barriers to learning and participation in the public realm owing to the language they speak. Mehzabin Ahmed, 28, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Dhaka, reports. On the sad and historic day of 21 February 1952, the Pakistani police force opened fire on a group of peaceful …
"Multilingualism is our ally in ensuring quality education for all" Read More »
In Nigeria, 38 percent of women lack formal education, reports Tayo Elegbede, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Lagos in Nigeria. Yet the failure to fully tap the potential of women undermines the quality of democracy and threatens economic and social strength. It is apparent that no appreciable development can be made on the local, national …
An unlikely revolutionary in women’s struggle for equality stood her ground nearly 200 years ago, writes Naaz Fahmida, 27, a Correspondent living in Dhaka, Bangladesh, who says revolution comes through great sacrifice. When I hear women today being extremely vocal about the power struggle with their male counterparts or simply speaking about a revolution, it …
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