Tag: International Women’s Day
Breaking the glass ceiling – two women top Vanuatu ministry
By Jane Joshua in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade is proud to have two women appointed to the...
RSF shines light on ‘forbidden coverage’ of women’s rights
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
To mark International Women’s Day tomorrow, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is publishing a report entitled “Women’s rights: Forbidden subject” which sheds...
PNG parents must ‘be serious’ on education for girls, says councillor
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...
Indonesian women march for equal rights and protection
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...
Call for action to defend women’s voices online in Asia-Pacific
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...
Images: ‘I will not stay silent’ – women’s human rights march...
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...
NZ leads global marches in defence of women’s rights
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...
Samoan women score a try for gender empowerment
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...
Long after Cyclone Winston, Fiji women struggle for basic needs
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...
Bandung women workers demand equal pay, prosperity and end to outsourcing
Workers in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung from the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) protested at the city hall this week...
‘I was told it was against kastom for women to be...
“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;...
IFJ criticises high levels of gender discrimination, violence in media
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...
Images: IWD Walk for Peace
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...
