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Gender Equality Has Never Been So Close but Still Far from Being a Reality

The Tower PostSeptember 17, 2019 FEATURES, OP-ED

By: Patricia Scotland - Commonwealth Secretary-General This month the Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting will assemble in Nairobi, Kenya. It has taken place regularly since 1985, to take stock of the current status of gender equality in our member countries, and to share perspectives and experience of how progress on this

OPINION: Why Disaster Readiness is Critical for Africa

The Tower PostAugust 1, 2019August 1, 2019 FEATURES, OP-ED, Recommended

By The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, Commonwealth Secretary-General Five months ago, Cyclone Idai ripped through the Southern African region, causing a massive humanitarian disaster that affected three million people. More than a thousand perished, while 200,000 lost their homes, many of whom are still to this day living in refugee

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