Tag: Women’s rights
The world must not wash its hands of Afghanistan’s misery
ANALYSIS: By Mohammad Sadiq Sohail, an East-West Centre research specialist in Honolulu
Part 1 of a two-part series on the one-year anniversary of the Taliban...
Former National justice minister says NZ abortion law must stay –...
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor
Former National MP and Justice Minister Amy Adams says opposition leader Christopher Luxon is right to rule...
Roe v Wade shows why abortion is at the heart of...
ANALYSIS: By Tim Watkin, RNZ Series and podcasts executive producer
It was sometime in the late 1990s that I first interviewed Alan Webster about New...
Thousands join women’s march in Jakarta for justice, gender equality
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...
Tongan ban on girls playing rugby and boxing ‘not our policy’,...
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
Tonga's Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva disagrees with a decision by his Minister of Education to ban girls from...
Gallery: Yellow rose awards ‘celebrating change’ through women’s achievements
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Zonta Club of Auckland "celebrated change" through its yellow rose awards on International Women's Day today.
Speakers included Michelle Kidd, QSM,...
Vanuatu president who struck ‘decisive blow’ against corruption dies
OBITUARY: Pacific Media Watch News Desk
Vanuatu's President Baldwin Jacobson Lonsdale has died at Vila Central Hospital early today after being rushed to hospital last...
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...
‘Dump Trump,’ say Philippine women protesters
Philippine protesters at an anti-Trump rally in Manila at the weekend. Video: Eagle News Philippines
Hundreds of Filipinos protested outside the United States embassy in...