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13th December 2012 London, UK
My Chevening experience, so far
Nor Ali is one of the two recipients from Brunei of the 2012/2013 Chevening Scholarship. He is studying for an MA in Inclusive Education and Technology at King’s College London. Looks like it’s my turn this year to share my personal experience as a Chevening scholar! As you read on, you’ll notice it’s going to […]
12th December 2012 Athens, Greece
Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict – Guest Blog #2
Sexual violence in conflict situations is as much a terrifying crime as a brutal one, wherever it takes place; it has direct and indirect effects on human lives, leaving deep, indelible scars on the victims as well as society itself. As part of the Preventing the Sexual Violence Initiative that the Foreign Secretary has launched, we host […]
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12th December 2012
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FAILURES, FROGS AND FINDINGS, BRITAIN’S 2012 NOBEL LAUREATE
Today my blog in the Local, “The Diplomatic Dispatch” lives up to its name, as I post the text of the diplomatic telegram I sent back to London yesterday about Britain’s Sir John Gurdon’s Nobel prize win. I presented John with a copy of the text yesterday and he liked it, so I hope it […]
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12th December 2012 Washington DC, USA
From London to Rio
As the American daughter of a Northern Irishwoman working at the British Embassy, I didn’t find it easy to decide whom to cheer for during the London Olympics and Paralympics. But I had no difficulty in cheering on the Games themselves. I started working at the Embassy in July, weeks before the exciting London 2012 […]
12th December 2012 London, UK
Consular Christmas blogs: Atlanta – Christmas lights in the South and the Pink Pig
As the weather starts to turn cold in the UK, Atlanta starts to heat up for football, family, and twinkling lights. Christmas begins to show up early in the US, with decorations appearing in November, and family get-togethers kicking off as the college football season reaches fever pitch. The holiday season officially starts on Thanksgiving, […]
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12th December 2012 London, UK
Child Abduction: Case study – Nicky Hewitt
Nicky Hewitt, 34, born in Melbourne, grew up in Surrey Although I was born in Melbourne, I moved to the UK when I was just 11months old so I always considered myself to be British. When I was 12 years old, I went to Victoria, Australia, with my family on our summer holiday. While we […]
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12th December 2012 London, UK
Child Abduction: Case Study – Steve Grant
Steve Grant, 54, from Portsmouth My daughter, Lacey, met Osama in the UK. Osama is from Oman but grew up in England. They had a good relationship and in 2004 they got married. After having been married for a little while, Osama wanted to move back to Dubai. Lacey was excited about the prospect of […]
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12th December 2012 London, UK
Child Abduction: Case Study – Alexander Khan
Alexander Khan, 37, from South Coast, England My parents come from very different backgrounds; my father is from Pakistan and my mother is English. They married in the late sixties at a time when mixed-race marriages were not widely accepted. The relationship was put under considerable pressure by my father’s family, who were unhappy that […]
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12th December 2012 Beirut, Lebanon
Thank You for The Days, Those Endless Days…
This has been a fortnight of International Days. Disability Rights Day, Anti-Corruption Day, Human Rights Day. Probably more that I’ve missed. In each case, the issues at stake are too important for Lebanon, and the rest of us, to be ignored. So, on Disability Rights Day, I teamed up with Fadi El Halabi, the inspirational […]
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12th December 2012
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Human Rights Day 2012
I spent the evening marking International Human Rights Day 2012 at an event at Afhad University for Women organised by SEEMA (a Sudanese women’s rights organisation) and supported by the British embassy. International Human Rights Day provides the opportunity for people to celebrate human rights and to advocate for the full enjoyment of those rights […]