Tag: Patricia Scotland
Ugandan Wins Commonwealth Young Person of the Year
By Abdi Ali Published April 6, 2020 Brian Galabuzi Kakembo of Uganda has won the 2020 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year award. Kakembo’s biodegradable plastics and organic waste into eco-friendly charcoal briquettes,won him both the the overall 2020 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year and the Africa and Europe…
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Commonwealth Declares War On Violence Against Women
By Iminza Keboge Published November 27, 2019 Though physical violence is a leading cause of death in women and World Health Organisation, a specialised agency of the United Nations, estimates that one in three women worldwide has been a victim of sexual or physical violence in their lifetime, the abuse…
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Commonwealth Drafts Framework for Fighting Corruption
By Khalifa Hemed Published June 5, 2019 A framework to help combat graft within the Commonwealth is being developed. Speaking in Cayman Islands during the fifth annual regional meeting of the Caribbean heads of anti-corruption agencies, Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, said the document, known as The Commonwealth Anti-Corruption…
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