News & Views After losing COP31 bid, Australia must centre Pacific voices in Türkiye COP31 leadership must centre Pacific voices and push urgent climate action for vulnerable communities facing rising seas.
News & Views The record number of fossil-fuel lobbyists present won’t stop Pacific women getting heard Flora Vano, Country Manager at ActionAid Vanuatu, is at COP28. She’s alarmed at the gender imbalance and the fossil fuel lobbyists. But she’s determined to get heard.
Climate I interviewed women from the Pacific about the climate crisis. This is what they told me Women, including Pacific women, are talking about the climate crisis. It’s on us to listen, writes Yasmin Poole.
News & Views Samoa could be on the cusp of electing its first female Prime Minister Samoa may be on the cusp of electing its first female Prime Minister, as the island nation’s women-led opposition party finds itself in a dead heat with the ruling party at the general election.
News & Views New report highlights dire impact of pandemic on girls’ education in South East Asia and Pacific Girls across South East Asia and the Pacific have experienced disrupted education, with many being forced to drop out of school altogether.
Education and economic opportunities Yasmin Poole: Which female leader most inspires you? So often, the answer is ‘my mother’ Yasmin Poole has been interviewing women across the Pacific about lockdowns and the gendered impacts of COVID-19.
Leadership Jacinda Ardern to distribute free vaccines to neighbouring Pacific Islands Jacinda Ardern has secured enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate every New Zealander, and provide free doses to pacific island nations.
Soapbox We need to shift the power to support women in humanitarian crisis Just a tiny portion of response funding following a humanitarian crisis is allocated to programs considering the unique needs and rights of women.
