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		<title>Celebrating three great English exports in 2015</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 06:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2015, England marks two major anniversaries. It will be 800 years since the Magna Carta was sealed and 750 years since the formation of the first English parliament. Anyone who is interested in seeing the document that has been described as England’s greatest export need only visit the British Library, where not one but two [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>UKinSouthAfrica hosted a GREAT Britain zone at SciFest Africa 2015</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/judithmacgregor/2015/03/26/ukinsouthafrica-hosted-a-great-britain-zone-at-scifest-africa-2015/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week had a distinctly technical flavour for me, with the arrival of Professor Robin Grimes, the Foreign Secretary&#8217;s Chief Scientific Adviser making his second official visit to South Africa. Prof Grimes gave a lecture in Pretoria hosted by the National Science and Technology Forum on the UK&#8217;s Nuclear Energy Vision to a packed room of scientists, journalists and officials(recordings available). [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Today’s friends, tomorrow’s leaders…</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judith Macgregor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 06:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Guest Blogger: Patrice Madurai As my season at university draws to an end, I have found myself being more deliberate, more present. In South Africa I am part of the “one percent” which is by and large a minority that has had the honour and privilege of receiving tertiary education. I’ve always dreamed of being successful [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Climate change: calculating the risk – and opportunity</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/judithmacgregor/2015/01/30/climate-change-calculating-the-risk-and-opportunity/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judith Macgregor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week the UK Government launched the Global Calculator, a free and interactive website that allows anyone to test out different solutions to climate change and find out what it really takes to stop global warming. Climate change often feels like such a massive and nebulous problem, and so for me it has been fascinating [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Supporting Women of the future</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/judithmacgregor/2014/11/06/supporting-women-of-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Supporting women&#8217;s progression both in the Diplomatic Service and outside has long been a passion of mine. A flying visit to the UK last week with South African Ministers allowed me to do both &#8211; and with really satisfying results. The project began with an invitation to select some young South African businesswomen for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tackling Global Inequalities</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judith Macgregor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 12:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today has been labelled ‘Blog Action Day: Let’s Talk About Inequality.’ To mark this occasion I wanted to share some thoughts on what the UK is doing to promote women’s rights and to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights. The promotion and protection of women’s rights is more than a moral obligation.  It [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>100 days to go to the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Guest Blogger Deputy High Commissioner Martin Reynolds: Today is the last major milestone to the opening of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on 23 July 2014.  Its only 100 days to go before Scotland opens its arms to the Commonwealth with the start of one of the most impressive sporting festivals in the world.  By that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Marking South Africa’s Human Rights Day</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/judithmacgregor/2014/03/20/marking-south-africas-human-rights-day/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judith Macgregor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Friday 21 March is South Africa’s Human Rights day. It commemorates the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960, when 69 people died and 180 were wounded after the police fired on a peaceful crowd that had gathered to protest against the restrictive pass laws imposed on non-white citizens. The protest was a stand by ordinary [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Queen&#8217;s baton relay in Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa &#8211; In a week!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judith Macgregor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 17:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[South Africa is never dull but this last week and the week to follow will test both the physical and mental stamina of the UK Family here. We kicked off on Wednesday with a youth engagement event at the High Commission to encourage support and interest in next week&#8217;s International Conference in London against Illegal [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Combating sexual violence in conflict</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/judithmacgregor/2012/12/10/combating-sexual-violence-in-conflict/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judith Macgregor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Through the UK’s Presidency of the G8 in 2013, we&#8217;ll be launching a sustained campaign to build a global partnership to prevent sexual violence in conflict. Read more about our global campaign to highlight issues around sexual violence in conflict]]></description>
		
		
		
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