Tonga must urgently invest in disaster risk preparedness, Fekita tells Commonwealth
Tonga faces continual challenges and is extremely vulnerable to the existential threat of climate change and climate disasters, the Minister for Foreign Affairs told...
Win for women, Peter unseats Agarobe in Central Regional race
If there is a glimmer of hope in Papua New Guinea’s violence strewn National General Elections, then it has to be the elevation of...
‘Enough is enough’: the fight to elect women to Papua New Guinea’s men-only parliament
By Jo Chandler
When she first tried for a seat in the Papua New Guinea parliament in 2017, Rufina Peter was a political novice...
‘No support’: Pacific Island labour-hire workers fear $6,000 cost of giving birth in Australia
Pregnant women working under the Palm scheme face exorbitant healthcare bills and no easy options
By jordyn Beazley
Since Ulamila gave birth to her baby...
A call to action to eliminate cervical cancer in the Commonwealth
Although treatable and preventable, cervical cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in some countries.
Leading experts have called on governments to accelerate...
Commonwealth leaders set to meet for the first time in four years
Leaders from 54 countries will gather in Kigali, Rwanda, this week for the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the sixth time the...
Moving beyond the rhetoric of gender equality
Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Samoa, gave the keynote address at the inaugural Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders...
Inaugural Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders meeting opens today
The inaugural Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders meeting, which will be hosted by the Fijian Government will be held virtually on Thursday, marking a...
Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child congratulate Kiribati for raising...
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has concluded its consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic report of Kiribati, with Committee...
10 percent for Women MPs is discriminatory says Samoa Minister of Finance
Samoa’s first woman to be appointed the Minister of Finance, Mulipola Anarosa Ale-Molioo says the set ten percent quota for women representatives in parliament...
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Palau President and Forum Chair, Surangel Whipps Jr has warned that the Pacific must not be treated as a theatre for geopolitical competition, calling...
Pacific Climate envoys take Pacific priorities to UNGA and New York Climate Week
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Pacific Editors and News leaders Forum adopts Savusavu Loss and Damage Media Declaration
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