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21st July 2014 Brasilia, Brazil
One girl, all girls
For those of us who are involved with Human Rights – whether it is our job, or just a cause we support – there is always a tricky question to answer: how far should we go to defend these principles without imposing our values into different cultures and traditions? How much should we respect these […]
18th July 2014 Melbourne, Australia
Working with young people who are working for others – Scouting in Estonia
Estonia is the country in Europe with the most business start-ups per head. It has a lot of bright young people, as its top rankings in the PISA tests affirm (top results in the world outside East Asia). The Estonian education system is strong throughout, but excels in particular in maths, science, engineering and computing/ICT. […]
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18th July 2014 Brasilia, Brazil
Keep walking: the World Cup, politics and women
The World Cup is over for almost a week now. People are now dealing with “game abstinence”. Or the five stages of grief, depending on how much involved with it you were. I’m not really a football person (my go-to sport being volleyball), but it was impossible to not be involved in the World Cup […]
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18th July 2014
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
The Girl Summit
Child, Early and Forced Marriage (#CEFM) affects millions of girls every year. One in three girls in developing countries is married by the age of 18. Some are as young as eight. Girls who marry young will have babies while still children, putting them at risk of death or suffering for the rest of their […]
18th July 2014 Brasilia, Brazil
BRICS Week Part 01- Guest blog by Floriano Filho
This week we are reaching across our Chevening alumni network in the BRICS countries, to understand a little more about what they think the future of BRICS is. We hope to be able to share opinions from some of our alumni in these countries over the week. This first piece is from Brazil where the […]
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18th July 2014 London, UK
End Sexual Violence in Conflict Hack
This is the last in a series of 3 blog posts about the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. See blog 1 and blog 2. “Hi, Marjourie how are you?” “Hi, I’m fine, thank you Toby” “How are things in Goma (East DRC) today?” “Fine…not good actually…we had a busy night. Four more […]
17th July 2014 Washington DC, USA
Our NATO: Looking back but moving forward
Yesterday marked 50 days to go until we host the NATO Wales Summit. In Parliament, the UK Minister’s for Europe, David Lidington, addressed Parliament on preparations ahead of the Summit, which will be the largest gathering of international leaders ever to take place in the UK. Over 24,000 room nights have been reserved in over […]
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17th July 2014
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How to finance imports from Britain to Turkey
Did you know that UK Export Finance (UKEF) can help you finance imports from the United Kingdom? And that they have their own resident expert, Sinan Ozcan, right here in Turkey, responsible for project business development? UK Export Finance is the UK’s export credit agency. It works closely with overseas buyers to help them finance […]
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17th July 2014
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Pope Francis at work
The following is a guest blog by Steve Townsend, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy to the Holy See In July in Rome, thoughts start to turn to holidays, and escaping the humidity of the Eternal City for the beach or the mountains. Most people think that they have deserved their break, and […]
17th July 2014 New Delhi, India
India Budget – new plans in R&D infrastructure and a lot more
The recently announced federal budget by the newly elected Government of India has unveiled a slew of initiatives to boost growth of India’s scientific capabilities. The focus is particularly on improvement of agricultural productivity, biotech clusters, capacity creation in health and education, clean energy initiatives and development of water resources and river conservation. Most of […]
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