Thursday, March 10, 2011

SONIA IN LONDON FOR COMMONWEALTH LECTURE

10 March 2011

SONIA IN LONDON NEXT WEEK FOR COMMONWEALTH LECTURE

From Our Delhi Bureau

NEW DELHI: Congress President Sonia Gandhi will be away from Delhi for three days next week to deliver the 14th Commonwealth lecture in London on March 17.

Celebrating this year's Commonwealth Day theme, she will be speaking on 'Women as Agents of Change' and considering how the role of women in society can have a positive impact on social, economic and political progress with Commonwealth countries.

The Commonwealth Lecture is organised by the Commonwealth Foundation in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association , the Royal Commonwealth Society and the Royal Over-Seas League.

The Lecture will take place in the historic surroundings of the magnificent, newly restored ballroom at 8 Northumberland, just off Trafalgar Square, says a foundation press release.

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