Tag: Gender empowerment
Afghan women challenge pregnant NZ journalist’s ‘reality under the Taliban’
RNZ News
Afghan women are accusing the Taliban of using a pregnant New Zealand journalist as a publicity tool to show the world they can...
Fiji men advocates commit to ‘honour’ their roles in society
By Rohit Deo in Lautoka, Fiji
Made up of present and retired police officers, former school teachers, village headmen, community leaders and representatives from the...
Australia commits $170m to boost Pacific gender equality efforts
By Josefa Babitu
The Australian government has announced an A$170 million (F$267 million) programme for the Pacific region to strengthen gender equality initiatives over the...
Pacific women talk about ‘precarious situation’ over covid, climate and rights
By Josefa Babitu
A French Polynesian territorial government cabinet minister says the pandemic and climate justice have provided an opportunity to think about the progress...
Nine Australians fighting for gender equality and making a difference
ANALYSIS: By Blair Williams, Australian National University
It feels like every day brings more harrowing claims of harassment, bullying and abuse of women in Australia's...
Hard to speak up at first as the only woman, but...
Catherine Mori is the oldest female employee in the Customs and Tax Administration in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). And she may well...
No change at the top for university leaders as men outnumber...
ANALYSIS: By Marcia Devlin, Victoria University
Australian university leaders are nearly three times more likely to be a man than a woman.
Of 37 public university...
PNG health survey shows 56% of women suffer violence at age...
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby
Key findings from the 2016 to 2018 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey reveals that 56 percent of...
The National: Let’s play our part to end gender violence in...
The National editorial
Hundreds walked the Sir John Guise drive on Thursday calling for justice for the brutal death of 19-year-old mother-of-two – Jenelyn Kennedy...
Many in black rally for Jenelyn and against PNG gender-based violence
Athletes from the Papua New Guinea’s national team joined the peaceful "cry for justice" march in the nation's capital of Port Moresby. Video: EMTV...
Tragic death of Jenelyn Kennedy and media ethics aired on Southern...
Pacific Media Watch
Host Sherry Zhang interviewed the director of the Pacific Media Centre, Professor David Robie, about the tragic life and death of Jenelyn...
Fiji school workbook condemned for promoting ‘harmful’ gender roles
By Koro Vaka'uta of RNZ Pacific
A school workbook containing "harmful" messages is being circulated in Fiji's schools, says a local activist.
Roshika Deo said her...
Thousands of Indonesian women march on State Palace to mark IWD
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Hundreds of women's rights activists commemorating International Women's Day yesterday gathered near the Horse Statue monument before holding a long march...
Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting
By Pauline Mago-King
Seventeen women journalists from the Asia-Pacific region gathered in the Victorian capital of Melbourne this week to work on an empowerment strategy...
Draft family law progressing but more action needed on violence
New Zealand steps up campaigns through supporting non-government organisations and groups to raise awareness and groups and help support victims of domestic violence. But,...
Why New Zealand was the first country where women won the...
ANALYSIS: By Professor Katie Pickles
125 years ago today Aotearoa New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant all women the right...
Gallery: Stimulating insights, vision for gender diversity summit
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is the new patron for the National Council of Women and she shared her...
Changing politics trigger predictions for Fiji’s first woman prime minister
By Nasik Swami in Suva
Fiji might see its first woman prime minister after this year's general election, predicts New Zealand-based political sociologist Professor Steven...
Step up efforts to support Indonesian women’s rights plea to Jakarta
By Sheany in Jakarta
The National Commission on Violence Against Women, or Komnas Perempuan, has called on the government to do more to protect women's...
Indonesian protesters call for end to violence against women in Yogya
By Rizki Halim in Yogyakarta
Dozens of women held a rally at the Zero Kilometre point in Indonesia's Central Java city of Yogyakarta to commemorate...
Indonesia losing only female top justice amid gender rights worries
By Rieka Rahadiana and Yudith Ho in Jakarta
Indonesia is set to lose its first and only female constitutional justice, whose term is up...
Women must be at centre of global climate solutions, says Fiji...
By Mereoni Mili in Bonn, Germany
It is important that women and girls remain in the centre of climate solutions.
These were the words of Fiji's...