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It is entirely surrounded by South Africa, separated from the larger country by mountain ranges. Most of Lesotho’s population lives on lower land to the west. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout layout--onecol-section layout--onecol-section--100 grid"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodecountrybody"> <div class="block__content"> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>Secretariat support for Lesotho </h2> <h3>Anti-corruption </h3> <p>The Secretariat is helping the Lesotho government fight corruption. One strategy is to publicise bids and contracts when it buys goods and services. </p> <p>With Commonwealth's help, Lesotho has made progress in implementing anti-corruption plans. It has a relatively good score on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. </p> <p><a class="link-button" href="https://thecommonwealth.org/our-work/tackling-corruption">Tackling corruption</a></p> <h3>Education </h3> <p>Lesotho has used the Commonwealth Education Policy Framework to help it improve governance and capacity in its education system. </p> <p>The Secretariat is working with Lesotho to address problems in boys’ education. </p> <p><a class="link-button" href="https://thecommonwealth.org/our-work/education">Education work</a></p> <h3>Gender equality </h3> <p>The Secretariat helped Lesotho collect data to measure the economic cost of violence against women and girls (VAWG). It developed a tool to measure this cost, with Lesotho as the second case study. </p> <p><a class="link-button" href="https://thecommonwealth.org/our-work/gender">Gender equality work</a></p> <h3>Trade </h3> <p>In December 2019, the Secretariat experts worked with Lesotho to review its trade policy. They also helped the country explore new products and new markets for export. </p> <p><a class="link-button" href="https://thecommonwealth.org/our-work/creating-better-trade-opportunities">Trade work</a></p> <h3>Natural resources </h3> <p>The Secretariat advised Lesotho on engaging with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) more successfully. 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