Read more Economic DevelopmentEditor's Pick Financial Empowerment for Malawian Women June 13, 2022 1072 views More and more women are being included in Malawi’s formal economy, writes 26-year-old Tiyamike Chirwa, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Malawi…
Read more Democracy & ParticipationGender Equality & LGBTI The Evolution of Women’s Right to Vote March 28, 2022 1206 views The struggle for women’s suffrage has been a long and arduous one. After more than 100 years, women in almost…
Read more Entrepreneurship & EmploymentGender Equality & LGBTI Strong STEM for Women January 20, 2022 882 views The areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are known to drive innovation and development in society. While women…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTISocial Development Living our grandmothers’ wildest dreams March 9, 2020 2280 views Women who inspire, (clockwise) Bonang Matheba, Basetsana “Bassie” Kumalo, Palesa Mokubung, Shaney Vijendranath and Lauren Dallas .
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “Empowering women will shape a community” April 16, 2018 2549 views The role of women in today’s changing world has found and strengthened new identities, writes Amit Jain, 26, a Correspondent from…
Read more Editor's Pick “Engaging women in climate smart agriculture for Uganda” April 3, 2017 3185 views Hunger and food insecurity are on the increase in rural Uganda, writes Munguongeyo Ivan, 24, a Correspondent from Kampala, Uganda.…
Read more Human Rights “South Sudan conflict has equality lessons” February 24, 2017 2743 views Decades of civil war ended with South Sudan’s independence in July 2011, but as McPherlain Chungu, 21, a Correspondent from…
Read more Democracy & Participation “A paradigm shift: Kenyan women in politics” February 20, 2017 4388 views The rise in the appetite of Kenyan women for politics is one that cannot be easily wished away. Victor Ndede,…
Read more Small States SIDS 2014: "Social development in Small Island Developing States" August 22, 2014 2825 views Small island developing states are especially vulnerable to external economic and environmental shocks. At the Third International Conference on Small…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI "Men no longer to blame for sexualisation of women" May 9, 2014 1 comment 10882 views Men have long been blamed for messages that portray women as sex objects, but Denise Juvane, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from…