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Office of the Governor – News Release – Hawaiʻi Announces Readiness to Host 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture
Governor of State of Hawaii
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May 29, 2024
JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA HAWAI‘I ANNOUNCES READINESS TO HOST 13TH FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS & CULTURE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2024 HONOLULU — Governor Josh Green, M.D., First Lady Jaime Kanani Green, and festival organizers...
Gender Equality gold – shining the light on the power of partnerships
Government of Samoa
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November 5, 2023
Apia, Samoa – As the Samoa Victim Support Group’s Torch of Peace makes its way around Samoa this week, and as we head into the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence at the end of the month, the United Nations Development Programme...
In Pictures: The activists who helped win LGBTI rights in the Cook Islands
IPPF
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April 17, 2023
The Cook Islands has removed a law that criminalizes homosexuality, in a huge victory for the local LGBTI+ community. Our local Member Association, the Cook Islands Family Welfare Association (CIFWA), has been integral to the advocacy around this...
UNAIDS welcomes the decriminalisation of same-sex relations by the Cook Islands parliament
UNAIDS
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April 15, 2023
BANGKOK, 15 April 2023—UNAIDS applauds today’s decision by Cook Islands lawmakers to remove laws prohibiting consensual sexual acts between men from the Crimes Act. By decriminalising sex between same-sex partners, the Pacific nation joins a...
Voices of Pacific Women: Tekura Moeka’a
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 24, 2024
Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine Environment 23 April 2024, Ottawa, Canada - For this young Cook Islands woman, she found it was a matter of “fight or flight” when it came to her very first UN...
Voices of Pacific Women: Marjorie Wells
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 30, 2024
Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine Environment 29 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Stepping into deep shoes at the Plastics Treaty now underway, this Pacific Islands women negotiator is showing she can...
The Cook Islands, proactively conserving biodiversity
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 23, 2023
24 January 2023, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Committed to achieving 25 per cent of land as a Protected Area in the Cook Islands under the Cook Islands NSDA2020+, the island nation is exploring new ways to do this. This further helps the Cook Islands...
Voices of Pacific Women: Kathleen Taituave Afereti
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 27, 2024
Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine Environment 26 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - With a broad range of UN negotiations experience under her belt, Kathleen Taituave of Samoa, is a young negotiator...
Fall Deeper in Love in the Cook Islands
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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March 9, 2023
A perfect tropical paradise getaway is certainly the greatest way to preserve and hold on to that special bond you share with your significant other. And what better place to spend precious time together than in the Pacific! Were you looking for...
Balancing the scales, addressing the disproportionate impact of marine plastic pollution on indigenous communities in the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 25, 2024
24 April 2024, Ottawa Canada – In the village of Nacamaki on the Island of Koro in Fiji, villagers would at certain times of the year take part in a sacred ancient ceremony where they would make their way to the beach, chant songs, sound the horn...
Voices of Pacific Women: Diana Hinge Salili
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 25, 2024
Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine Environment 24 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Seeing this Pacific Island woman still active in the UN negotiation space is rewarding given the first time she was...
Tackling gender gaps in Fisheries: Inaugural GESI Forum kicks off with FFA and SPC
Solomon Islands Government
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April 10, 2024
Tackling gender gaps in Fisheries: Inaugural GESI Forum kicks off with FFA and SPC HONIARA, 10 April, 2024 – The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) in collaboration with the Pacific Community (SPC), is hosting its first ever Gender and...
Voices of Pacific Women: Moe Saitala Paulo
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 18, 2024
Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine Environment The Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committing for a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine...
PRESS RELEASE – Enhancing Women-led MSME growth in Samoa
Government of Samoa
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March 20, 2024
The Ministry of Commerce Industry and Labour (MCIL) along with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) hosted a panel discussion on 15th March 2024, showcasing good policy practices on women’s...
Sir Clyde Rivers Accepted Senior Advisor of Civility for the Cook Islands
EIN Presswire
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December 8, 2022
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES, December 7, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On November 27th, 2022, a special presentation by Her Royal Highness Princess Dr. Emily Pirece of the Cook Islands made a major royal announcement that evening. She...
Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Cook Islands Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Hermann
U.S. Department of State
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September 14, 2022
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman met yesterday with Cook Islands Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Tepaeru Hermann at the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders in...
Australia champions Pacific’s case, spotlights Indigenous people at plastics treaty negotiations
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 19, 2023
18 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Australia continues to champion the One Pacific Voice calling for an urgent and ambitious Global Plastic Treaty that addresses the full life cycle of plastics, as the third session of the Intergovernmental...
Mana College students embrace Tongan culture in a sports and cultural exchange
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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October 12, 2023
A group of 38 consisting of netball players and staff from Mana College visited Tonga on a sports and cultural exchange with Tonga Tourism and the Tonga Netball Association 27th September – 3rd October, 2023. The exchange was part of the vision of...
MWYCFA PS attends Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders meeting
Solomon Islands Government
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September 7, 2023
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs Dr Cedrick Alependava has represented Solomon Islands in the recent Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders (PIFWL) meeting in Suva, Fiji. Women Minister Leaders from the...
Pacific youth capacity strengthened at inaugural Loss and Damage dialogue
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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July 27, 2023
Youth representatives from across the Pacific have had the opportunity to learn firsthand about the issue of loss and damage from experts and experienced climate change negotiators during the inaugural Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS)...