Tag: Women in Politics

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Fiji's Women's Minister Lynda Tabuya says the decision by the People's Alliance executive council to remove her as deputy...

By Tiana Haxton, RNZ journalist Fiji's Women and Children's Minister Lynda Tabuya says Pacific island countries need to "strengthen our laws" on online harassment. Tabuya spoke...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Women's rights advocates in Papua New Guinea are calling for peace and...

RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's newly-elected President Moetai Brotherson has presented a 10-member government, which includes four women. Brotherson has confirmed his pre-election choice of Eliane Tevahitua...

RNZ Pacific A woman candidate appears to have won a seat for the first time in Vanuatu in more than a decade in unofficial results...

RNZ Pacific A Papua New Guinean economist says the election of women in Parliament will be crucial to advancing gender equality in the country. Papua New...

RNZ Pacific The 142 women running in the Papua New Guinea election are hoping to prove that the PNG Parliament is no longer a male-dominated...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Former Papua New Guinea radio broadcaster and tourism personality Erigere Singin has been elected as the first woman national president of...

By Barney Orere in Port Moresby The five reserved seats for women being put forward by Papua New Guinea's special parliamentary committee on gender-based violence...

By Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta Thousands of Indonesians marched from Jl. Sudirman to the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta on Saturday for the 2019...

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...

PNG Women in Politics founder Dorothy Tekwie pleads for change in this general election. Video: TVWan News Pacific Media Centre News Desk Papua New Guinea's Greens...