Current and former leaders of Commonwealth cities discuss how to maintain accountability to diverse constituents. South African writer and chair Gillian Slovo speaks to Hon. Khalid Belisle (Belmopan), H.E. Babatunde Fashola (Lagos), and Matthew Ryder (London).
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This episode documents the struggle faced by South Africa’s waste pickers to organise for their rights and recognition.
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There is today an unquestioning global focus on economic growth. What are the consequences of this economic paradigm? What governance approaches could make the global economy more just? Political commentator and columnist Owen Jones chairs a discussion with fellow journalist Palagummi Sainath (India) and economist Faiza Shaheen (UK).
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This discussion examines the role of institutions in perpetuating structural discrimination in the fabric of governance, and examines ways of challenging and changing it. Historian and writer Onyeka Nubia chairs the discussion at the Commonwealth People’s Forum in London. Panellists include: Kalpana Kannabiran, a sociologist and legal researcher; Marai Larasi, a black women’s rights activist; and Tshepo Madlingozi, a senior lecturer in Law at the University of Pretoria.
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What happens when air quality is so dangerous, it brings businesses, schools and other services to a close and hundreds of people to the doors of public health clinics? The Jamaica Environment Trust were already calling on the government to tackle the public health risks of contaminated air and water. In 2018, when the decades old problem of fires at the Riverton city Dump resurfaced, their calls got louder.
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Commonwealth Voices is a podcast about citizens coming together to participate in democracy and influence the institutions that shape their lives.
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Baroness Sandip Verma chaired the first LGBTI dedicated session at the Commonwealth People’s Forum (CPF), which fed into CHOGM 2015 in Malta.
The session was held under the theme, ‘Resilient societies safeguard the security of all people in all their diversity‘.
Stephen Chacha shares insights on the process undertaken by the African CSO Working Group to bring the voice of their constituents to United Nations discussions on planning for the Post-2015 development framework.
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