Sep 13, 2010 | IN THE NEWS
Images of the Australian Defence Force delivering aid to Pakistan this week dominate the Australian government’s aid agency website. The news heralds the arrival of mixed military and civilian medical teams to flood-devastated areas.In Britain, the Department...
Aug 26, 2010 | IN THE NEWS
Presenter: Jemima Gerrett Speaker: Deva de Silva, from the International Finance Corporation DE SILVA: The priority or the focus here is the lower income segments of the economies in the Pacific Island countries, starting from Timor Leste to PNG and all the other...
Aug 20, 2010 | IN THE NEWS
Presenter: Jemima GarrettSpeaker: Emele Duitutraga, Executive Director of the Pacific Islands Association of Non-government OrganisationsGARRETT: The Forum Secretariat’s failure to consult the peak bodies representing grassroots organisations has been a bone of...
Aug 10, 2010 | IN THE NEWS
A team of Australian researchers is working with communities in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to monitor exactly how the billions of development dollars that flow into the Pacific directly and indirectly impact women.Professor Katherine Gibson from the Centre for...
Aug 4, 2010 | IN THE NEWS
PACER Plus is the most important trade negotiation Pacific countries are going to undertake this decade. However, Pacific civil society organisations have not been adequately consulted about the type of development and trade relationship the...
Aug 4, 2010 | IN THE NEWS
Vanuatu’s Malvatumauri (National Council of Chiefs) has called on Pacific leaders to protect custom land, endorsing a regional declaration on indigenous land tenure in Melanesia.Chief Selwyn Garu, Secretary General of the Malvatumauri announced that the council...
