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IWD Community Media Campaign: Women's Priorities
Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 4:43 pm | femLINKPACIFIC
"Another interesting day of listening and learning about what women here go through to take care of their families. How to make ends meet to provide food for their families," says FemLINKPacific's rural focal Paulin Fong Chowdhury. More >>
Tongan Govt Statement Delivered at CSW
Monday, 5 March 2012, 11:19 am | femLINKPACIFIC
Madam Chair, Rural women in Tonga perform multiple roles as household and subsistence managers, income earners, and as active members of churches and community development groups. Their contribution to agriculture is in the form of unpaid work, and mainly ... More >>
FemLINK’Postcards: 2012 Commission on the Status of Women
Monday, 5 March 2012, 10:53 am | femLINKPACIFIC
Pacific leadership was congratulated for the work and progress towards the development of a Regional Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security as a model for collaboration by Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury, the former Under Secretary General and High Representative ... More >>
“Connecting Rural and Young Women: Empowering for Change”
Monday, 5 March 2012, 10:46 am | femLINKPACIFIC
A women-led community media campaign from March 5 to 9 coordinated by FemLINKPacific will communicate the inter-linkages between UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and Article 14 of the UN Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination ... More >>
56th Session of the Comission on the Status of Women
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 2:23 pm | femLINKPACIFIC
Samoa aligns itself with the statement already delivered yesterday on behalf of the member states of the Pacific Islands Forum. Allow me therefore to provide Samoa’s perspectives on this year’s theme and to share with member states some of the developments ... More >>
Speech: Commission on the Status of Women - 27 Feb 2012
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 11:48 am | femLINKPACIFIC
Speech delivered by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet at the opening of the 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 27 February 2012, at UN headquarters in New York. More >>
“Connecting Rural and Young Women: Empowering for Change”
Monday, 27 February 2012, 2:49 pm | femLINKPACIFIC
The human security of rural women in conflict is particularly undermined by sexual violence, limited access to land, no freedom of movement and forced displacement. Peace processes often pay little attention to the impact of these violations and ... More >>
FemLINK Links: Fiji Women, Peace and Human Security Update
Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 5:17 pm | femLINKPACIFIC
http://www.femlinkpacific.org.fj/index.cfm?si=main.resources&cmd=forumview&cbegin=0&uid=regionalmagazine&cid=163 Read our Fiji Women, Peace and Human Security Update 1/2012: More >>
World Radio Day: Pacific Peace and Community Media Network
Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 9:54 am | femLINKPACIFIC
As community radio stations around the world mark World Radio Day on February 13, they will be joined by members of a Pacific Island civil society network who in the coming week will reaffirm the role of community radio in their work to bring about ... More >>
World Radio Day 2012: A Time for Celebration
Friday, 10 February 2012, 4:18 pm | femLINKPACIFIC
As a member of WACC, FemLINKPacific is sharing this Op-Ed by Philip Lee, WACC Deputy-Director of Programs: More >>
Read our In-Depth EMegazine
Thursday, 9 February 2012, 5:28 pm | femLINKPACIFIC
Read our indepth EMegazine: The Thirteen 25 Report: http://www.femlinkpacific.org.fj/index.cfm?si=main.resources&cmd=forumview&cbegin=0&uid=regionalmagazine&cid=162 More >>
Disability Rights Essential in Gender Equality Campaigns
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 11:11 am | femLINKPACIFIC
The theme for the 2012 Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and Disaster Risk Management strategies must be considered inclusive of the rights of women with disabilities, says Angeline Chand of the Pacific Disability Forum, in her contribution to the development ... More >>
Announcement of annual WACC Photo Competition
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 10:31 am | femLINKPACIFIC
FemLINKPacific is a member of WACC and we would like to encourage entries from the Pacific Island region for the annual Photo competition of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), 2012, has been launched. More >>
FemLINKPacific Opinion 1 / 2012
Tuesday, 3 January 2012, 4:40 pm | femLINKPACIFIC
“Effective participatory constitution-making has to provide for women’s equal representation in the process and outcome. No process which excludes or marginalizes the majority of the population can be representative. No constitution which has failed ... More >>
Analysis: US Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 12:52 pm | femLINKPACIFIC
Given that the proposed focus of the Pacific Regional Action Plan has a specific focus on Participation and Preventive Action (complimenting the work of the PIFS Reference Group on SGBV), the Pacific Media and Advocacy network on UNSCR1325 welcomes ... More >>
Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S.
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 1:47 pm | femLINKPACIFIC
Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the Release of the Executive Order & U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security, December 19, 2011 Today, the United States added critical force ... More >>
The Path to Peace, Find Your Voice
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 9:39 am | femLINKPACIFIC
“My sisters my daughters my friends, find your voice.” That was the message from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as she received her Nobel Peace Prize this weekend. More >>
Diary of a Community Radio Campaign: Beyond 16 Days
Friday, 9 December 2011, 11:27 am | femLINKPACIFIC
“I have five children going to primary school next year and I have been told to pay $35 per term per child. I don’t know how I'll manage to send them next year," said Talei as her concerns shifted from the annual 16days campaign to getting her ... More >>
Human Security Linkages
Friday, 9 December 2011, 10:59 am | femLINKPACIFIC
Members of the Association of Anglican Women are calling for improvements to community policing including regular night patrols in order for women and families to feel safe. This is high on the list of human security priorities together with equitable ... More >>
A New Era Begins: Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Alliance
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 12:05 pm | femLINKPACIFIC
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead More >>
