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
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.
Championing women’s voices on Wikipedia
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...
Launch of the Dominica Alumni Association and Girls In Science Competition
CSC 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...
Mining women’s potential in Zambia
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...
Evaluation profile: Ingrid Palmary
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...
Women, Kashmir and peace talks
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...
Professional Fellow strengthens services for acid attack victims
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...
Mauritian alumni meet for focus discussion group on gender
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...
Alumni Feature: Women as Agents of Change (November 2011)
“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...
