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Julia King will be the sixth woman to hold a seat in Vanuatu’s parliament since it gained independence from Britain and France 42 years ago. Photograph: Ginny Stein
Monday, October 24, 2022
Vanuatu to welcome first female MP since 2008 after snap election
The Guardian
Vanuatu Election Commission yet to declare official results but Julia King likely to be lone female voice in 52-member parliament. Votes are still being counted in Vanuatu’s snap election, but with the preliminary votes tallied, one change seems...
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Australia’s air force has helped transport ballot papers for Vanuatu’s election. Photograph: Ginny Stein/The Guardian
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Vanuatu goes to polls by air, sea and road in snap election after lightning campaign
The Guardian
First-time candidates vie with incumbents for 52 seats after government dissolved ‘Red Roof’ parliament to ward off no-confidence vote. After a short and sharp 10-day campaign, voters in Vanuatu will on Thursday cast their ballots in a snap election...
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In Vanuatu, women mostly watch the political game from the sidelines (Tracey/Flickr)
Friday, July 29, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Barriers to women’s political participation in Vanuatu
DevPolicy
The way politics is played in Melanesian countries has very little national inclusivity about it – in terms of participation by and representation of both men and women at the national level. The role of women is, almost exclusively, to vote, not to...
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Friday, August 21, 2020
How did women fare in the 2020 Vanuatu elections?
Asia and The Pacific Policy Society
Despite strong efforts to promote female leadership and political engagement by advocacy groups, women still face serious roadblocks to political success in Vanuatu, writes Elise Howard. In the Vanuatu national elections held on 19 March 2020,...
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Monday, March 16, 2020
'2020 will be my year': the push to elect women in Vanuatu, a nation with no female MPs
The Guardian
Motoralivoa Hilda Lini stands at the front door of Vanuatu’s parliament, wearing an elegant pink dress and customary pig tusks on her wrists, signifying her chiefly status. When the Guardian apologises for being late, because we had been waiting on...
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Monday, May 23, 2016
Vanuatu to reserve seats in parliament for women
The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu will pass constitutional amendments to reserve seats in parliament for women, Justice Minister Ronald Warsal said. There are currently no women in Vanuatu's 52-seat parliament. The nation, made up of a string of...
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Monday, September 22, 2014
Report / White Paper
Beijing +20 National Review, Vanautu
The one day national consultation to feed into the national report for the Beijing +20 occurred on Wednesday 8th of May 2014 from 8am until 4.30pm at the Le Lagoon Warwick Hotels led by the Department of Women’s Affairs with technical and financial...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Australia's women's envoy tours Pacific to boost political participation
Australia's Ambassador for Women and Girls says Australia can help Pacific nations improve poor levels of female leadership. Natasha Stott-Despoja is the head of an Australian delegation to Tonga to meet about 30 women in politics from around the...
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Friday, May 16, 2014
Push needed for more women in Vanuatu politics
The Vanuatu Council of Women says the government needs to come up with more strategies to push women's political representation in the country. The non-governmental organisation has launched a report on women's participation in politics from 2009 to...
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Friday, August 30, 2013
Vanuatu creates reserved seats for women on municipal councils
Vanuatu’s Parliament has passed legislation providing for reserved seats for women in the country’s Municipal Councils. The amendment to the Municipalities Act, which was passed with unanimous support among MPs, provides that one seat in every ward...
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Women’s political stride towards change, Vanuatu
While no women managed to secure a seat in the national election and again in the provincial election, this does not represent a failure on the women part as the high number of women contesting recent elections has set a record for the country. In...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Violence against women in politics
Highlighting news, interviews, resources and events on violence against women in politics
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Vanuatu: Voters urged to boycott male candidates
Female leaders in Vanuatu are urging voters to boycott male candidates at the October general elections. There are currently no female members in the Vanuatu parliament. Eleven women boycotted a speech this week by senior MP Ralph Regenvanu, who was...
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Vanuatu: Record number of female candidates for Vanuatu elections
18 women have shown their interest to run as candidates in Vanuatu's general elections in two months time. Since independence in 1980, only five women have been elected as members of Vanuatu's parliament.   Read the complete story at Australia News...
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Asia Pacific Feminist Forum
The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) will hold the first ever Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) on 12-14 December 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This event will bring together 100-150 activists- women lawyers, academics,...
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Call for Applications: Asia Pacific Feminist Forum
The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) will hold the first ever Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) on 12-14 December 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The APFF will bring together women activists, lawyers, academics, advocates and...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Pacific Women's Bureau News
Delegates submissions, some reportage, and photos from the PIF SPC Women In Politics conference, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 2006.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Guide / Training Material
Temporary Special Measures To Promote Gender Balance In Pacific Legislatures: A Guide to Options
This guide provides practical recommendations and tools on how to promote women in parliaments in the Pacific region. It describes the use of special measures such as reserved seats and political party quotas, and special campaigning tools.
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