Pacific

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.

Women, including Pacific women, are talking about the climate crisis. It’s on us to listen, writes Yasmin Poole.

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.

Girls across South East Asia and the Pacific have experienced disrupted education, with many being forced to drop out of school altogether.

Yasmin Poole has been interviewing women across the Pacific about lockdowns and the gendered impacts of COVID-19.

Jacinda Ardern has secured enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate every New Zealander, and provide free doses to pacific island nations.

Just a tiny portion of response funding following a humanitarian crisis is allocated to programs considering the unique needs and rights of women.