Tag: advocacy
Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy
Asia Pacific Report
A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New...
‘We’re victims of global power play’ – Pacific backs India, says...
By Sanjeshni Kumar in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Pacific Islands nations consider the...
Departing Labour MP Louisa Wall: ‘This was not entirely my choice’
RNZ News
The long-serving New Zealand MP Louisa Wall has fired a broadside at her own Labour Party as she leaves Parliament to take up...
UN warns Indonesia to stop reprisals against human rights defender
RNZ Pacific
The United Nations says Indonesia must immediately drop charges and look into threats, intimidation and reprisals against human rights defender Veronica Koman and...
‘Get vaccinated before it gets you’ plea from PNG anti-vaxxer champ
PNG Post-Courier
Phyonna Silikara Gangloff is a champion Papua New Guinean squash player.
Fit and healthy, the 37-year-old mother of two lived a normal life until...
Bryce Edwards: Ardern’s Labour government stands by as NZ social problems...
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards
How determined are Labour to take the necessary steps to fix inequality and poverty? Will electoral calculations triumph over their principles...
Diabetes ‘ongoing disaster’ tops Fiji health bill at $124 million
By Adi Ana Civavonovono in Suva
The estimated financial cost and economic burden of diabetes in Fiji reached a staggering $124 million (NZ$84 million) in...
Jakarta rally calls for Freeport closure, West Papua self-determination
By Dhio Faiz in Jakarta
A demonstration held in Jakarta by hundreds of students and youth from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian...
Female Melanesian tattooists to make their mark in Spain
By Hele Ikimotu
A threatened tradition will get fresh focus when a female Melanesian tattoo collective takes up a Spanish invitation.
The group, Mage’au: Melanesian Marks,...
Obituary: John Miller, a passionate advocate for Philippines justice
OBITUARY: By Murray Horton
John Miller (1929-2016) died in Christchurch in November, aged 87. John and Leonida (Leony) have been members of the Philippines Solidarity...