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Message for Commonwealth Day 2018
This year the Commonwealth’s theme is ‘Towards a Common Future.’ It’s an aspiration which many would subscribe to; what distinguishes ...
Celebrating So Many Islands
On 2 February 2018, 45 people gathered at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus Bookshop to celebrate the arrival of the ...
Citizen-generated data for a change
‘Citizen-generated and evidence-based data’ are terms we hear more and more about in the discourse around monitoring and accountability ...
Improving the advocacy landscape for gender equality in East Africa
I had always heard about Gender Links but had never had close interaction with the organization or staff. My organisation, The Eastern ...
Telling island stories
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Catalayah by Wendy Hara
I memorised the rhythm of your heart, almost inaudible but I heard you, a beating body inside a body being beaten. Growing within me ...
Can stories create change? Commonwealth Conversations at Civil Society Week
Can stories told through the medium of films, short stories and poetry, change the way people perceive social problems and challenge ...
A new policy for civil society in Nigeria
The recent debate in Nigeria on Bill HB585 provided an unexpected opportunity for The Nigeria Network of NGOs’ to advance its efforts ...
The Brief Insignificant History of Peter Abraham Stanhope by Mary Rokonadravu
At 11.42 pm on 1 November, 2016, Peter Abraham Stanhope sat at his family’s old mahogany dining table and slit his wrists. He had ...
Telling the story of indigenous survival
In October, I received an email from the Commonwealth Foundation. It contained an invitation to participate in the International Civil ...
