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The Commonwealth Foundation blog shares knowledge, experiences, and expertise.
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 ...
A Rehumanised Academic Space
An intense two-day international conference, Indenture Abolition Centenary, commemorating the centenary of the end of the indentureship ...
Echolocation by Sarah Jackson
Standing in the shade of a lime tree on a hot dusty afternoon, the boy waited for the bell to toll. He heard the bailiff […]
Pacific Voices
Preview the six Pacific short films.
Meet the 2018 Short Story Prize Judges
The 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize judging panel is chaired by Sarah Hall. The international judging panel comprises a judge from ...
Our shared vision: The Southern African Civil Society Forum
I graduate from law school in 18 months but since I was 16 years old I have been a child rights and youth activist. As […]
Non-binary approaches to climate change: time is up for the politics of them and us
It has taken two category five hurricanes to bring the Caribbean and climate change on to the world’s front pages. The nature of news ...
