Commonwealth Youth Gender and Equality Network
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International Women's Day

Leading up to the International Women’s Day 2023, I had the wonderful opportunity to catch up with three amazing women: Associate Fellows...

CYGEN: Open Call for Applications!

The Commonwealth Youth Gender & Equality Network (CYGEN) is a youth-led network that actively promotes and supports the meaningful...

Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Women's Leadership in Malawi

(Photo: The Honourable Agnes Nkusa Nkhoma, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Member of Parliament (Mchinji South Constituency) This...

Strategies to improve Youth Transition Policy

The world of work continues to be affected by the evolving dynamics of the pandemic, which continues to widen disparities among young...

Preventing accidental outing: Tips for closeted LGBTQIA+ people

The physical and digital worlds are increasingly intertwined when it comes to safety. Prejudices that manifest online can lead to...

Using sport as a tool to improve young people's sexual and reproductive health and rights advocacy

Sports has been endorsed as an innovative tool of social and sustainable development by the United Nations (UN, 2015; STĂNESCU et al.,...

Women's Leadership and Ending Forced Marriages in Africa

Forced marriage does not just affect individuals. Its consequences are widespread, spanning local, national and international levels....

Evaluation of the health implications of Nigeria’s same-sex prohibition act

Eudora Nwangwu, CYGEN Lead for Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics Rights evaluates the health...

REFLECTIONS ON THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH PARLIAMENT: A YEAR THAT ASKED QUESTIONS

By Taofeekat Adigun The Commonwealth Youth Gender and Equality Network (CYGEN) is a network of young experts advocating for gender...

Child Early and Forced Marriage: A Norm Endangering Girls and Women.

Article by: Christine Ghati Alfons I am the founder of Safe Engage Foundation, an organisation working with youths as the change agents...

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY: RCS IN EUROPE

As the RCS Working Group Lead for Equality in Europe I believe that we should recognise the contributions and achievements of women*...

International Women's' Day 2022

On International Women's Day 2022 members of the Commonwealth Youth Gender and Equality Network joined Chair of the Royal Commonwealth...