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Tax Appeal 2010 – Help us reach our target of $155,000!
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
“In my country, the men say “Yu meri tasol” (you’re only a woman).”
In the Pacific, many women struggle to have a say in the use of economic resources which have
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Tags: Papua New Guinea
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Meet Eleanor Jackson, IWDA Program Manager – Papua New Guinea
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Eleanor Jackson is IWDA’s Overseas Program Manager for Papua New Guinea and is currently working on five projects alongside our partners:
Freedom from family and sexual violence, Eastern Highlands Family Voice;
Women, communities and
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It’s Time – Jane Sloane
Monday, May 10th, 2010
I’d anticipated glorious spring weather at the international Women’s Funding Network annual conference in Denver, USA. Instead we arrived to tornado warnings, closed airports and sleeting rain, and later snow.
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Tags: Jane
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IWDA congratulates fem’LINKPACIFIC on 6 years of their Suitcase Radio!
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
IWDA offers a heart-felt congratulations to all our colleagues in fem’LINKPACIFIC on the sixth year of their innovative suitcase radio program. Congratulations!
IWDA has proudly supported fem’LINKPACIFIC’s Generation Next Program for 3 years, and during this time has seen the organisation and the program go from strength to strength. The last 3 years in particular have seen the organisation opening a fantastic Community Media Centre, providing training to over 40 young women to become radio producers and broadcasters, bringing the voices of women in rural and urban areas to policy makers through policy papers, radio programs and newsletters, and the production of excellent radio content – including radio dramas, interviews, and jingles, like the “Peace and Human Security, this is what it means to me” jingle.
Tags: femLink, Fiji
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fem’LINKPACIFIC releases the first Women, Peace and Human Security Report for 2010
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
fem’LINKPACIFIC has just released the first Women, Peace and Human Security Report for 2010, created to ensure women’s effective participation in defining peace and human security priorities in Fiji.
The report outlines the priorities of women living in Fiji between January and April 2010, identified by fem’LINKPACIFIC, in their work undertaking 105 Household and Income Expenditure Survey reports (HIES); rural consultations with 71 which are an opportunity for a core group of women to frame their every day realities into a Human Security framework; and 36 interviews that were carried out by the Generation Next girls through vox pops and market Reports.
The report identifies women’s top priorities during this time – economic security, environmental security, and health security – all of which interconnected and dependent on personal safety and security.
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Click and support IWDA to realise visions for future generations of women
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
This year is a landmark for women around the world as it marks 50 years of the contraceptive pill. IWDA will celebrate this milestone through our involvement in the ‘Dreams for our Daughters’ initiative.
‘Dreams for our Daughters’ encourages Australian and New Zealand women to celebrate the launch of the Pill by voting on a vision for women over the next 50 years. For every vote cast, $1 will go to the organisation that is striving to make that dream a reality. IWDA is one of four organisations associated with the initiative and supports this “Dream”: the right for every woman to make positive and informed sexual and reproductive health decisions, including the right to access safe and affordable contraception.
Tags: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Where are the women in local government in Fiji?
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Although we are currently witnessing a increase in commitments to gender equality on regional and national agendas, there is an apparent apathy towards understanding the role and contribution of women
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Happy 10th Birthday Banteay Srei!
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Happy 10th Birthday Banteay Srei
When, in 1985, IWDA began working in Cambodia, we hoped to build a strong and long lasting partnership with Khmer women, their families and communities, through income and food security projects, such as rice mills, empowerment and agricultural techniques training.
In 2000, after the phase out of the IWDA office, IWDA was proud and excited to support the establishment of Banteay Srei as an independent organisation.
Looking back now, in 2010, we can certainly say that a strong and long lasting partnership has been formed, through which we have learnt and grown together.
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