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Collecting the water for a new school, Malawi - Image © Chris Martin
Strengthening human rights and governance
If you are interested in governance issues find out what we're doing in the areas of law and human rights, ethnicity and communities, and gender. We are also active in economics and management, modernising government, and participative democracy.
Women and War Exhibition - Jenny Matthews
British Council Armenia hosted a powerful photography exhibition by Jenny Matthews looking at the experience of women and war
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Law and human rights
We advise, assist, and support the design, development and evaluation of law and human rights related activity and maintain up-to-date information on new developments in policy-making, professional and academic research, and educational and professional training. Find out more
Nigerian scholar - Image © Richard Moon
Gender Equality
We work with women and men globally to promote the status of women and their participation in the political, social, economic, cultural and legal structures in their countries. Find out more
Girl with puppet, Madras, India - Image © Mark Hakansson
Economics and management
In the world of the post-cold war Washington Consensus, economic liberalisation is a global phenomenon. We share our experience from privatisation to corporate social responsibility, in the public sector and in the private sector. Find out more
UK - Trinidad exchange programme. Using carnival in the curriculum - Image © Tim Hall
Ethnicity, Communities and Social Inclusion
Our work focuses on key UK developments and networks at both policy and civil society levels. By developing resources to support activities of the global governance network we can positively demonstrate that the UK is an ethnically diverse society. Find out more
Group of girls in Uzbekistan - Image © British Council
Governance and Information
Our work is concerned with the access to information agenda and the appropriation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as a tool to enable conditions of social inclusion. Find out more
British Council Prague: multimedia study centre - Image © Dan Materna
Modernising Government
Our focus is on the changing relationships between government and citizens. Key areas of interest include: improving access to public services; electronic-government; national, devolved, regional and local democracy; citizenship and human rights education; and arts/governance issues. Find out more
scottish parliament comp - credit - Gary Doak
Participative Democracy
Our work in Participative Democracy promotes the understanding of democracy and democratic values through dialogue. It creates opportunity to enhance the understanding of changes within the UK, as well as developing democracies. Find out more
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