A UN report published this week has identified the threat posed to global cultural diversity by systematic mistreatment of the world’s indigenous populations. Native people make up 5% of the world’s population, yet speak a disproportionate number of languages, manage a disproportionate amount of rural land and suffer disproportionate ill health and suicide rates.
The UN [...]
Six Commonwealth women who completed an epic 900km journey to the South Pole just before New Year arrived back in London on Monday 11th January 2010 to celebrate at Malborough House.
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma told the women:
It is the greatest possible testament to what extraordinary things can be achieved when people set their heart on [...]
The Commonwealth Antarctic Team, a team of women from six Commonwealth nations, are currently heading towards the Thiel Mountains in the Antarctic and are taking a four-day detour to avoid treacherous cravass fields.
The expedition is marking the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth with the aim of promoting international co-operation and highlighting the achievements of women.
The [...]
After sitting in Murrayfield for autumn international rugby union matches that differed tremendously, and having witnessed each of the Six Nations and Tri-Nations sides in action in the past month, the time has come, as ever, to draw some conclusions from the matches we have witnessed, and try to see where they point in terms [...]
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