Rules of thumb for women leaders in the Pacific, and beyond
In January, when New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced her pregnancy, she was careful to note that she would be “fully contactable” during her six weeks of maternity leave. read more
View ArticleUH law school offers legal training to Pacific Island judges
Minara Mordecai, second from left, and Marie Milks, second from right. read more
View ArticleUN womens rights experts issue findings on Chile, Fiji, Luxembourg, Malaysia,...
GENEVA (12 March 2018) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has published its findings on the following countries which it examined during its session from 19 February...
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By Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program. read more
View ArticleSmall dots, large strategic areas: US interests in the South Pacific
The United States used to think regularly about the islands of the South Pacific. On her tour of the region in 1943, Eleanor Roosevelt had a message for Americans troops stretched out across the...
View ArticleWFP gathers responders to hatch local solutions to emergency logistics in...
MAJURO – More than forty emergency response experts come together today in Majuro, to identify locally-led solutions to overcome logistics challenges that can hinder disaster response in the North...
View ArticleLouise Pagotto recommended to be next Kapiolani Community College chancellor
HONOLULU, Hawaiʻi - University of Hawaiʻi Vice President for Community Colleges John Morton has recommended to UH President David Lassner the appointment of Louise Pagotto as the next chancellor for...
View ArticleStudy says low-lying islands uninhabitable by mid-century
Projections of flooding with just sea-level rise vs. SLR+wave effects for future high GHG emissions. read more
View ArticleWhale Shark Logs Longest-Recorded Trans-Pacific Migration
Little is known about the world’s largest living fish, gentle giants reaching 12 meters (40 feet) in length. Researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and colleagues tracked a...
View ArticlePacific links: World Oceans Day, Marshall Islands climate finance, and more
A post-disaster assessment report published by CARE has found extensive and continuing need for humanitarian assistance in three earthquake-affected communities of Papua New Guinea. read more
View ArticleUN Res. Condemning Israels Defense Actions in Gaza/Hamas Invasion is an Outrage
The General Assembly resolution fails to mention that most of the casualties (53 out of 62, or 85% on May 14) were Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists, acknowledged as such by those...
View ArticleAFNWC team supports ICBM test launch
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) -- A team of Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center experts supported the recent launch of an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile to verify its accuracy and...
View ArticleMalawis human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
GENEVA (30 October 2020) – Malawi’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 in...
View ArticleSea-level rise challenges can be met by atoll communities
Low-lying reef islands such as the Marshall Islands could become unstable by mid-century and permanently lost as soon as 2080 if measures to adapt to rising sea levels are not implemented, according to...
View ArticleDIA remembers the legacy of the United States Marine Corps on its 245th birthday
In honor of the 245th birthday of the United States Marine Corps, the Defense Intelligence Agency remembers the legacy of its first officers—World War II heroes Lt. Gen. Leo John Dulacki and Lt....
View ArticleU.S. Successfully Conducts SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test Against an...
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS John Finn (DDG-113), an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped destroyer, intercepted and destroyed a...
View ArticlePloughshares Fund President Emma Belcher announces first slate of special...
Media Inquiries: Delfin Vigil Director of Communications & Marketing media@ploughshares.org (link sends e-mail) ; (415) 259-1247.read more
View ArticleArizona Adoption Attorney Sentenced To Over 6 Years In Prison For Alien...
Fayetteville, Arkansas – First Assistant United States Attorney David Clay Fowlkes for the Western District of Arkansas, Special Agent in Charge Diane Upchurch of the FBI Little Rock Field Office,...
View ArticlePacific Island Artists Demand Governments Fulfill 1.5C Promises in Film...
Suva, Fiji — Ahead of the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, artists from the Pacific islands call for the international community to urgently defund the fossil fuel industry amidst the dual...
View ArticleHuman Rights Council Elects Three Vice Presidents for 2021 Bureau
GENEVA, (16 December 2020) – The Human Rights Council this afternoon elected Ambassador Keva Lorraine Bain of the Bahamas, Ambassador Ali Ibn Abi Talib Abdelrahman Mahmoud of the Sudan and Ambassador...
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