COVID-19 has taken its first UN casualty following the decision to postpone the annual mega-conference on women’s rights which was scheduled to take place in New York from Monday.A replacement...
By Jane Alver
Removing barriers for gender-diverse agricultural workers
Gender-diverse agricultural workers face particular barriers that are critically under-recognised. Take Betsi, a young woman who farms crops for a living, and lives in a rural setting in the Pacific...
Beyond the headcount: Diversity in diplomacy
The face a nation portrays to the outside world is often through its diplomats. Yet which diplomats are holding positions of leadership in international affairs? Do they reflect the makeup of their...
From global to regional: Meeting the SDGs in the Pacific region
Recently, the 2018 Pacific SDG Progress Wheels were launched. They reveal the Pacific progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs). As the United Nations explains, the goals are...
#OurTimeNow: Pacific feminists creating new spaces to talk and to be heard
Pacific feminists are mobilising in the face of resistance to their claims for rights and recognition at the national, regional and global levels. With the world’s lowest percentages of women in...
Gender Quotas: Following Norway’s lead?
Recently, BroadAgenda published an article from the Norwegian Ambassador to Australia, Unni Klovstad, outlining Norway's success in achieving gender equality in leadership positions. The Ambassador...
Shaping ‘new leadership’ for young women
“Even though my voice may tremble, even though I may speak softly, listen to what I have to say, for I have something to say.”The powerful words from a young Nepalese woman captured the essence of...
Pacific feminist voices – will they be heard?
The theme of the 48th Pacific Islands Forum was the Blue Pacific, emphasising that the Pacific is repositioning itself as the Blue or Ocean Continent (or the Big Ocean States), rather than the Small...
Feminist innovations in the Pacific: the inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum
The feminist movement has been influential in effecting change for gender equality in national and global contexts. Yet in recent years we observe increasingly exclusion of feminist voices from...