gender Archives - Ĺ The Ĺ awards scholarships and fellowships for postgraduate study and professional development to Commonwealth citizens Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:11:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 /wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-Cscuk-Logo-01-1-32x32.png gender Archives - Ĺ 32 32 Dismantling corruption and advocating for women and children in Uganda /development-theme/dismantling-corruption-and-advocating-for-women-and-children-in-uganda/ Wed, 16 Nov 2022 07:28:31 +0000 /?post_type=development-theme&p=238415 Monica Kirya discusses her work in tackling corruption and its impact on women and girls in Uganda.

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]]> Investigating the impact of the Transgender Persons Act 2018 in Pakistan /development-theme/investigating-the-impact-of-the-transgender-persons-act-2018-in-pakistan/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 07:46:25 +0000 /?post_type=development-theme&p=219660 Joham Aziz examines the social and economic wellbeing of Pakistan’s transgender community, known as Khawaja Sira, since the introduction of the Transgender Persons Act 2018.

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]]> Championing women’s voices on Wikipedia /championing-womens-voices-on-wikipedia/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:34:42 +0000 http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/?p=14394 International Women’s Day is held every year on 8 March. As part of this day we want to highlight an event which was organised by Commonwealth Rutherford Fellow Namrata Ganneri with the University of York to help raise the profile of women scientists. Keep reading to find out more. Closing the gender gap on Wikipedia […]

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]]> Launch of the Dominica Alumni Association and Girls In Science Competition /launch-of-the-dominica-alumni-association-and-girls-in-science-competition/ Tue, 18 Feb 2020 08:17:15 +0000 http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/?p=14286 Ĺ Alumni Dominica The Commonwealth of Dominica Commonwealth Scholars Alumni Association (CDCSAA) was launched on 22 January 2020 at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium Conference Room in Roseau, Dominica. The launch ceremony was attended by Commonwealth Alumni, teachers from primary and secondary schools in Dominica, and officials of the Ministry of Education. Dr Lennox Honeychurch, […]

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]]> Mining women’s potential in Zambia /mining-womens-potential-in-zambia/ Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:28:28 +0000 /?p=6072  Mususu Kaonda (2012 Commonwealth Scholar from Zambia, PhD Materials Science, University of Birmingham) spoke to SciDev.Net about how to encourage more young women to begin science and engineering careers. Mususu was encouraged to follow a career as an engineer by her father. She was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship in 2008, to study for an MSc in […]

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]]> Evaluation profile: Ingrid Palmary /evaluation-profile-ingrid-palmary/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:45:09 +0000 /?p=6021 Professor Ingrid Palmary is an Associate Professor at the University of Witwatersrand, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She completed a PhD in Psychology in 2005 on a Commonwealth Scholarship at Manchester Metropolitan University. Ingrid’s main research areas include gender and violence, a topic which dates back to her PhD. She also coordinates Master’s and PhD programmes […]

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]]> Women, Kashmir and peace talks /women-kashmir-and-peace-talks/ Tue, 09 Jul 2013 19:11:43 +0000 /?p=5222 By Ezabir Ali, 2012 Commonwealth Professional Fellow from India hosted by Conciliation Resources. ‘Nobody can silence me – I have every right to speak.’ These were the words shouted by a 40-year-old woman at security staff and state officials, as she managed to intrude into the venue where Rahul Gandhi, Vice President of the Indian […]

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]]> Professional Fellow strengthens services for acid attack victims /professional-fellow-strengthens-services-for-acid-attack-victims/ Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:39:25 +0000 /?p=5183 Monira Rahman was a 2012 Commonwealth Professional Fellow hosted by Acid Survivors Trust International. She is Executive Director of the Acid Survivors Foundation in Bangladesh. During her Fellowship, Monira spent three months closely observing the interventions of the UK government and charities to protect the rights of victims of gender-based violence and people with disfigurements, and […]

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]]> Mauritian alumni meet for focus discussion group on gender /mauritian-alumni-meet-for-focus-discussion-group-on-gender/ Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:22:07 +0000 /?p=3903 The recent Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) held in Mauritius provided an opportunity to convene a focus discussion group on gender on 29 August 2012. Five Mauritian alumni met with Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioners Christine Humfrey and Richard Middleton to consider gender issues facing Commonwealth Scholars before, during, and after their awards. Questions debated included: […]

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]]> Alumni Feature: Women as Agents of Change (November 2011) /alumni-feature-women-as-agents-of-change-november-2011/ Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:05:30 +0000 /?p=2816 “Women as Agents of Change” was the theme of Commonwealth Day 2011, and was also emphasised again by Her Majesty the Queen at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, Australia. In this alumni web feature we celebrate the diverse  achievements of our female alumni across the Commonwealth. In Ghana, Dr Frances Owusu-Daaku […]

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