Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth of Learning, Microsoft, and UNESCO lead efforts for the first ICT in Education Leadership Forum in Barbados
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Caribbean countries focus on transforming education through teacher technology competencies
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Mauritius takes the lead for English-speaking countries in an ambitious continent-wide project to digitise schools.
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Secretary-General and Mauritian Education Minister discuss 18CCEM plans.
“This year’s Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers will be very important as the 2015 end date for education goals is just around the corner” - Zeferino Martins
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Access, quality and relevance - Mozambique’s education minister discusses his country’s priorities
Girls with disabilities are almost 10 per cent less likely to finish primary school than their male classmates according to a World Health Survey. Abia Akram, a 28-year-old Pakistani woman living with a disability, spoke to Commonwealth News about her campaign to raise the concerns of women with disabilities. She is attending the Commonwealth Secretariat Expert Roundtable on Inclusive Education and Sustainable Employment for Persons with Disabilities in the Commonwealth to give her views as a youth representative.
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We persons with disabilities are not challenged, it's just a different lifestyle
“There has not been enough recognition of the immense contribution that persons with disabilities can make" - Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General
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Commonwealth meeting 'catalyst' for promoting rights of persons with disabilities
Ransford Smith: The importance of global and local partnerships in bridging development gaps in education
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Deputy Secretary-General addresses Education World Forum
Participants from 14 Commonwealth countries explore best practices for implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Commonwealth partners examine inclusive education and sustainable employment for persons with disabilities
Commonwealth meeting to consider policies and best practices to facilitate progress towards empowerment
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Promoting inclusive education and sustainable employment for persons with disabilities
Scaling up of midwifery educators’ training will drastically improve maternal and neonatal health in Sub-Saharan Africa – Kenya Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka
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Kenya hails Commonwealth initiative to enhance capacity of midwifery
Community members must understand that socio-economic circumstances are not caused by sorcery - Justin Bahunga
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Poverty fuelling witchcraft hysteria says African charity
Commonwealth events to commemorate World Human Rights Day on 10 December
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Women human rights defenders speak out through storytelling and art
Commonwealth marks World AIDS Day
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Zero target ambitious but not impossible says Secretary-General
This report presents results from a research study on the education of pupils with albinism in Malawi, co-funded by the Commonwealth Secretariat, Sightsavers, Coventry University and the University of Birmingham.
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Education of children and young people with Albinism in Malawi
Message from Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma on World AIDS Day
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World AIDS Day 2011 - ‘Getting to Zero’
Links between AIDS and non-communicable diseases to be addressed
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Commonwealth takes NCDs agenda to AIDS summit
Strong political leadership highlighted as vital in boosting gender equality and development in the Commonwealth
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Women leaders meet to map out gender equality in the public sector
A level playing field vital to enable women to seize opportunities: Masire-Mwamba
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Deputy Secretary-General urges greater political reforms to encourage more women in leadership
Joint Commonwealth-UNESCO study is launched in Paris on the feminisation of the teaching profession
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Key new publication marks World Teachers’ Day
“When your labour is not available for sale, what does social protection mean to your unpaid caring work and the lives of all in your household?”
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HIV and AIDS stigma defies traditional care in the Pacific
Award for innovative education practices is your chance to bring your project to a global audience
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Showcase your education project to the world at Commonwealth awards
Commonwealth priorities captured in political Declaration of UN High-Level Meeting
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Commonwealth welcomes global commitment to combat Non-Communicable Diseases
Commonwealth Chair-in-Office spearheads high-level meeting at UN attended by Hillary Clinton and Michelle Bachelet
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Greater efforts needed to promote women’s participation in politics
UN holds high-level meeting on action to combat non-communicable diseases
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Health just got political again
Speakers at high-level UN dialogue include Hillary Clinton and Michelle Bachelet
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Commonwealth Chair-in-Office spearheads women’s leadership panel
Paper looks at the learning gained from the implementation of the Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol
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Study finds teachers face barriers in refugee communities