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Seasonal message from the Director-General of the Foundation
On behalf of the Commonwealth Foundation I want to take a moment to extend good wishes to our supporters during this season of goodwill ...
Commonwealth Writers’ Conversations at International Civil Society Week 2017
Commonwealth Writers’ Conversations at the International Civil Society Week will highlight the transformative power of stories to help ...
Commonwealth Writers' Conversations at International Civil Society Week 2017
Commonwealth Writers’ Conversations at the International Civil Society Week will highlight the transformative power of stories to help ...
Just, peaceful and inclusive societies: CPF 2018 programme takes shape
No matter how many international events I help organise, I always face the same challenge. How do I best capture and present the ...
Johannesburg waste pickers organise to defend their livelihoods
Four months ago, WIEGO’s project with the Commonwealth Foundation Waste integration South Africa (WISA) took an unplanned turn as ...
Gypsy in the Moonlight by Caroline Gill
I wish I had amnesia so I could forget Sally Burry. We were at school together, Sally and I, in Heart’s Pen, the coastal hamlet […]
Mental health policy reform: time to decolonise our minds
Mental health legislation in 20 per cent of Commonwealth countries was passed before 1960. The term “idiot” remains on the statutes of ...
Through a different lens
Despite extensive planning, when Commonwealth Writers start work on a creative project, we don’t always know the exact course it will ...
SDGs: it’s NOT just about data
It has been buzzing in development circles. But it seems stronger now in certain places. It’s the buzz on the data revolution. And ...
Realising rights to health care
Article 43(1)a of the Constitution of Kenya guarantees the right to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right ...
