“Even though my voice may tremble, even though I may speak softly, listen to what I have to say, for I have something to say.”The powerful words from a young Nepalese woman captured the essence of...
By Jane Alver
Pacific feminist voices – will they be heard?
The theme of the 48th Pacific Islands Forum was the Blue Pacific, emphasising that the Pacific is repositioning itself as the Blue or Ocean Continent (or the Big Ocean States), rather than the Small...
Feminist innovations in the Pacific: the inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum
The feminist movement has been influential in effecting change for gender equality in national and global contexts. Yet in recent years we observe increasingly exclusion of feminist voices from...