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Secretariat wins award for youth-led website
Released:  30 April 2012
YourCommonwealth.org named ‘Communicator of the Year 2012’

CABOS prepares recommendations for 6th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting
Released:  11 April 2012
Advisory body says sports should be embedded in development activities

CABOS to hold annual meeting in London
Released:  3 April 2012
Global experts to discuss strengthening the sport for development agenda

Commonwealth youth set for online course in development
Released:  20 March 2012
Youth Programme links with Commonwealth of Learning to develop pilot course on Commonwealth values.

Global celebrations mark Commonwealth Week
Released:  16 March 2012
Celebrations took place around the globe during Commonwealth Week, marking this year’s theme ‘Connecting Cultures’.

My Culture
Released:  16 February 2012
Send in photos, video, audio or stories showing your culture and we’ll feature a selection on our websites and Facebook page

Connecting Cultures in the Commonwealth through music
Released:  7 February 2012
South African musician Hugh Masekela celebrates the 2012 Commonwealth theme at concert

Commonwealth theme for 2012 goes live
Released:  23 January 2012
"Connecting Cultures celebrates the Commonwealth’s diversity" – Commonwealth Secretary-General

Commonwealth plans for HM Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee
Released:  18 January 2012
The Commonwealth will celebrate the Queen’s 60 years as Head of the Commonwealth through five programmes known collectively as the Commonwealth Jubilee Diamond

We persons with disabilities are not challenged, it's just a different lifestyle
Released:  12 January 2012
Girls with disabilities are almost 10 per cent less likely to finish primary school than their male classmates according to a World Health Survey. Abia Akram, a 28-year-old Pakistani woman living with a disability, spoke to Commonwealth News about her campaign to raise the concerns of women with disabilities. She is attending the Commonwealth Secretariat Expert Roundtable on Inclusive Education and Sustainable Employment for Persons with Disabilities in the Commonwealth to give her views as a youth representative.