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Update on Peace Talks from femLINKPACIFIC
Monday, June 1st, 2009
As officials of Pacific Forum member countries prepare to gather for the annual Forum Regional Security Committee meeting in Suva this week, a regional woman’s community media network
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Tags: femLink, Fiji, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, peace building, peace talks, Solomon Islands, UNSCR 1325
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Solidarity and support for women and men working for peace in the Fiji Islands
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
As Fiji’s initial 30-day Emergency Decree extends into its second 30-day period, International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) offers our solidarity and support to our partner agencies and to all women
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Tags: Fiji, peace building, Safety and Security
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Engendering climate change work
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Climate change is never far from the news these days. Peaks of activity around major new reports build on a background of frequent climate-related references. But you have to
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Tags: climate change, Kantha Shakthi, PNG, Tulele Peisa
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WACky Peace
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Women’s Action for Change (WAC) in Fiji has just released their first peace-building newsletter entitled Wacky Peace. It is a very interesting read, outlining WAC’s approach to peacebuilding, their program
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Tags: Fiji, peace building, WAC
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Assessing Development
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Designing better indices of poverty & gender equity
IWDA is the industry partner in this Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant. The primary university partner is the Centre for Applied
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Tags: ARC, Gender Equity, Gender Indicators, Poverty
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Global Youth Impact
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Young Women Interested in Changing the World
Global Youth Impact is an exciting new leadership program which is open to young women from across Victoria –in years 10-11.
The program will develop
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Tags: G, Leadership and Participation, Young Women
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Women Go Government
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Strengthening women’s participation in Municipal government
Partner: Commonwealth Local Government Forum Pacific Project
Country: Fiji
This project aims to advance the role of municipal local governments in achieving gender equality in Fiji by
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Tags: CLGF, Fiji, government, Leadership and Participation, Pacific, UNIFEM
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Building Community Resilience: Inclusive, Sustainable Natural Resource Management
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Partner: Live & Learn Environmental Education (LLEE) SI
Country: Solomon Islands
Historically, forest management in the Solomon Islands has been widely contested and controversial. For decades sustainable forest management has been absent
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Tags: Environment, Resource Management, Solomon Islands
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