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Connecting Cultures in the Commonwealth through music: Released: 7 February 2012; South African musician Hugh Masekela celebrates the 2012 Commonwealth theme at concert
Commonwealth theme for 2012 goes live: Released: 23 January 2012; "Connecting Cultures celebrates the Commonwealth’s diversity" – Commonwealth Secretary-General
Commonwealth plans for HM Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee: Released: 18 January 2012; The Commonwealth will celebrate the Queen’s 60 years as Head of the Commonwealth through five programmes known collectively as the Commonwealth Jubilee Diamond
We persons with disabilities are not challenged, it's just a different lifestyle: Released: 12 January 2012; Girls with disabilities are almost 10 per cent less likely to finish primary school than their male classmates according to a World Health Survey. Abia Akram, a 28-year-old Pakistani woman living with a disability, spoke to Commonwealth News about her campaign to raise the concerns of women with disabilities. She is attending the Commonwealth Secretariat Expert Roundtable on Inclusive Education and Sustainable Employment for Persons with Disabilities in the Commonwealth to give her views as a youth representative.