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 a society can have a positive impact on social, economic and political progress in the 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.
