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Samoan PM and Commonwealth SG urge stronger efforts to get more women into leadership

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The Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, have called for stronger efforts to address the gender imbalance...

Oceania Customs Organisation appoints first female head of secretariat

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The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) has appointed Nancy Tati Oraka- Pomoso to be its Head of Secretariat, who becomes the first female and Papua...

Report calls for bystander intervention laws to address online violence against women in Pacific

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A new report by the Commonwealth Secretariat calls on policymakers from Pacific countries to consider adopting laws requiring bystanders to report online violence against...

Commonwealth countries work to move the dial forward on cervical cancer

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The theme for World Cancer Day this year is “Closing the Care Gap”. It is the same theme as last year, and indeed will...

Papua New Guinea crowned Miss Pacific Islands

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Twenty-four-year-old Miss Papua New Guinea Josie Nicholas was crowned Miss Pacific Islands on Friday. After a three-year hiatus due to Covid, the pageant was held...

Race for PNG head of state

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Papua New Guinea is on the cusp of voting in our first female Governor General (GG) after nominations for the post lapsed on Tuesday...

Laura Lochman encourages Pacific women to be part of Energy sector

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The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) launched the Women in Energy Strategy with the United States Department through the Bureau of Energy Resources...

Pacific woman at the helm of Tuna Commission grateful to lead the multilateral organisation

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By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, Vietnam One of the strong Pacific women leaders in Fisheries says news of her appointment to head the Pacific...

Grants available for government, civil society and other gender equality projects

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The Pacific Community (SPC) is offering grants for gender equality initiatives that support Pacific women and girls, in all their diversity, to be safe...

Vanuatu’s director of women relishes her role as a technical co-ordinator for negotiators on...

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By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Sharm El Shiek Apart from the tough negotiations going into its final stages, one of the Pacific negotiators is...

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AUKUS is ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Forum chair

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Cook Islands Prime Minister and Forum Chair, Mark Brown has joined a growing list of Pacific leaders to object to the US$250 billion nuclear...

Big picture vision conversations missing in the Pacific

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Big picture conversations about the future of the Pacific islands should be happening, but they are not, said one of the region’s foremost commentators...

Vanuatu calls on major polluters to back UN resolution clearing path for legal ruling...

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Vanuatu’s Foreign Minister says it would be “embarrassing” for both China and the United States if they fail to back the Pacific Island nation’s...