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10th March 2015 Asuncion, Paraguay
Cómo me convertí en Embajador en Paraguay
Durante las próximas semanas, estaré escribiendo sobre el trabajo que la Embajada viene realizando para promover las relaciones en los ámbitos comerciales y de inversión, de la defensa y seguridad y los lazos educativos entre el Reino Unido y Paraguay. Pero quisiera empezar con un poco sobre mí. He pasado más de la mitad de […]
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10th March 2015 New Delhi, India
UK-India Workshop on Women in STEM – A Case for Intervention
The UK Science and Innovation Network, together with the British Council and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) organised a half-day workshop on ‘Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – A Case for Intervention’ on 12th February 2015 at New Delhi. The event was held on the sidelines of the ‘Global Education Dialogue […]
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9th March 2015
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Gender Equality, there is still much more to be done…
To commemorate International Women’s Day I have invited Rita Grajeda, Human Rights Officer, and Sara Del Cid, Security and Justice Officer, to share some thoughts about the work the Embassy is doing in Guatemala to promote gender equality. Over to you Sara and Rita… To be able to work for gender equality it is necessary […]
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9th March 2015 London, UK
The GREAT Mega Mission in Bulgaria
by Sarah Riley Jonathan Allen has moved on as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Bulgaria in January 2015 and Sarah Riley has stepped in as Chargé d’Affaires at British Embassy Sofia. This blog is written by guest blogger Sarah Riley. More than 50 British businesses will this week visit Romania and Bulgaria as part of the […]
9th March 2015
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Guest blog: Celebrating International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is celebrated across the world on 8 March. International Women’s Day 2015 highlights the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago that sets the agenda for realising women’s rights. There have been many achievements since then, but many serious gaps remain. For example, […]
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9th March 2015 Geneva, Switzerland
Lessons in History
While I was never the life and soul of all night parties – prone to having a little nap while others danced round me – I did at least used to be active and go out on a regular basis. These days, instead of thinking about finding new places to ski within easy reach of […]
9th March 2015 British High Commission, Kingston, Jamaica
A Commonwealth for the future
Guest blog by the Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State for the Commonwealth We all know that the Commonwealth has a long and distinguished history. More than 1.7 million Commonwealth men and women gave their lives in two World Wars, defending the free world. But no organisation can be complacent. The Commonwealth must […]
9th March 2015
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Video-blog of HMA Carolyn Browne
В этом видео-блоге Кэролин Браун расскажет о том, что делается МИД Великобритании для продвижения гендерного разнообразия, а также о движении «he for she». Ниже представлен русский транскрипт: Этот видео-блог посвящен Международному Женскому дню. Я бы, возможно, не стала делать это видео – ведь я, как и некоторые мои коллеги-женщины из Министерства иностранных дел и по делам Содружества […]
9th March 2015
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The GREAT Mega Mission: the largest UK commercial mission to Romania since the Revolution
Over the next two days, the GREAT Mega Mission – a trade delegation of around 50 British businesses – will pitch camp in Bucharest for an intensive round of seminars, meetings and networking opportunities, before moving on to Bulgaria for the second and final leg. The Mission is a milestone event: the largest UK commercial […]
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9th March 2015 London, UK
Cyprus: a time for fresh thinking?
I’d like to congratulate Cyprus Academic Dialogue and USAK on the conference “Turkey and Cyprus Regional Peace & Stability” last weekend, at which Mr George Papandreou and Mr Hikmet Çetin spoke. It was fascinating and inspiring to hear Mr Papandreou describe how Greece and Turkey were able, in the late 1990s, to rise above the […]