Fiji women have confidence that their gender in politics will hear their voices
By Koroi Tadulala in Suva The role of women in every segment of society is vital and this is slowly been reflected through more women contesting political spaces in Fiji. This year recorded the highest...
View ArticlePNG faces TB crisis with 35,000 new cases each year, warns NGO
Businesses for Health will host a street festival in Port Moresby on March 22 to create more awareness about TB. Video: EMTV News By Lillian Keneqa in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea is facing a...
View Article‘NZ is waking up to our … spectrum of colours’, says Pasifika journalist
Journalist Sri Krishnamurthi’s video interview with Alistar Kata. Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Alistar Kata is uniquely placed to talk about diversity in New Zealand media newsrooms. Not because she...
View ArticlePNG women ‘as good as dead’ say protesters calling for tougher laws
Pacific Media Watch Protesters in Papua New Guinea and on social media have launched calls for tougher laws to protect women and girls from gender-based violence and brutality after the torture and...
View ArticleTragic death of Jenelyn Kennedy and media ethics aired on Southern Cross
Pacific Media Watch Host Sherry Zhang interviewed the director of the Pacific Media Centre, Professor David Robie, about the tragic life and death of Jenelyn Kennedy from gender violence in Papua New...
View ArticleDame Meg Taylor: We must act now over gender-based violence in PNG
OPEN LETTER: From Dame Meg Taylor to the people of Papua New Guinea I write this as a Papua New Guinean and a daughter of this nation. I believe in the rights of women. I believe that the Constitution...
View Article‘It’s time men stand up for our women’ message at ‘turning point’ PNG vigil
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby A passionate plea by men, women and children has echoed around the Papua New Guinean capital of Port Moresby – that it is time to turn the corner on addressing...
View ArticleScott Waide: Playwright Andrew Kuliniasi unleashes another creative bomb – on...
COMMENT: By Scott Waide In a nation such as Papua New Guinea where oral storytelling is central to the intergenerational transfer of knowledge and wisdom, playwright Andrew Kuliniasi has taken things...
View Article‘It gives us nightmares,’ says PNG police officer dealing with domestic violence
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk “We take the pain and problems of victims home and it gives us nightmares many times.” A police woman serving at the Family Sexual Violence Unit (FSVU) of the Papua New...
View ArticlePapuan and human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo dies at 96
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk British and Indonesian human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo, founder of TAPOL watchdog and the movement’s driving force for many decades, has died peacefully aged 96....
View ArticleSolomon Islands riots: ‘We’ll shoot you with stones’ abuse for journalists
By Mike Tua in Honiara Facing angry rioters threatening them with physical attacks, Solomon Islands mainstream and freelance journalists and photographers were confronted with an unsettling reality...
View ArticleGavoka slams Fiji’s ‘shameless’ inaction over women’s rights
By Talebula Kate in Suva Women’s participation in decision-making is fundamental to improving gender equality but despite making up half of Fiji’s population, representation at all levels of leadership...
View ArticlePosie Parker departs NZ – JK Rowling blasts protest as ‘repellent’
RNZ News British gender activist Posie Parker has left New Zealand, calling it the “worst place for women she has ever visited”. Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, shared a photo on...
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