Tag: International Women’s Day

An EMTV report calling for a "breakthrough" in education for girls in Papua New Guinea. Young Papua New Guinean women and girls must be encouraged...

The women's march in Jakarta. Video: UNANews By Katharina R. Lestari in Jakarta More than 1000 Indonesian women took to the streets of Jakarta this week...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Asia-Pacific affiliates today demanded meaningful action against the growth of online harassment of women journalists in...

More than 2000 people took to the streets in Auckland at the weekend as marches for women's rights began across New Zealand on Saturday...

Auckland protesters, some chanting "Human rights are women's rights", marching up Queen Street to Myers Park in central Auckland yesterday. Video: Del Abcede/Pacific Media...

Samoa’s Rugby Union is encouraging more of its country’s women to participate in rugby. Sport administrators and gender equality advocates are seeing greater participation...

Women have been facing health and security issues since last month’s disaster, reports Ami Dhabuwala of Asia-Pacific Journalism. While the world was busy celebrating Women’s...

Workers in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung from the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) protested at the city hall this week...

“Respect”, as Father Walter Lini famously said, “is honourable”. But despite the enormous social, economic and cultural contributions they make every day, Vanuatu’s women are rarely given the respect they deserve;...

In a report to be released today on International Women’s Day, the Gender Council of the International Federation of Journalists highlights high levels of...

For the first time in five years, WWW4Peace (Women Walk and Work for Peace), has extended the Peace Walk and celebration of International Women's...