Samoa: Women candidates mixed views on entering Parliament through quota system
01st March, 2021
There are mixed opinions expressed by six Samoan women candidates for the upcoming general election on women entering Parliament on their own merits or by the existing 10 percent quota.
Vice-President- Elect Senior becomes second woman Vice President of Palau
13th November, 2020
[By by Bernadette Carreon]: Sen. J.Uduch Sengebau Senior will become the second woman in Palau’s history to assume the position of vice-president. Following the tabulation of all the votes in Palau, including the absentee ballots this week, Sen. Senior garnered 5,112 compared to her opponent Sen. Frank Kyota who got 4,671 votes. Vice President-elect Senior...
Rare win for a woman in Bougainville election
15th September, 2020
A 29 year old has become just the second woman to win an open seat in the Bougainville parliament. Theonila Roka Matbob Photo: Human Rights Law Centre Theonila Roka Matbob’s Ioro constituency in central Bougainville includes the Panguna mine within its boundaries. The university graduate, who is a relative of Bougainville’s first president, Joseph Kabui,...
Kiribati parliament votes in first female speaker
22nd May, 2020
The Kiribati Parliament has made history today with MPs voting in the country’s first female Speaker of Parliament, former Opposition member Tangariki Reete. Ms Reete won the vote by 25-19 with the TKP party of caretaker President Taneti Maamau supporting former House Speaker, Tebuai Uaai, for another term. In Kiribati the Speaker of the House...
Samoa women register party for 2021 election
30th April, 2020
Several women in Samoa have established a political party aiming to compete in the 2021 general election with hopes to change the government. The new party was officially announced by the Electoral Commissioner on Wednesday after its registration. Party leader, (L-R) Fesola’i Logomalieimatagi Tepa Toloa, Electoral Commissioner Faimalomatumua Mathew Lemisio and party secretary Fagalilo Agnes...
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Delegate Dilami Saiske
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Delegate Victoria Ngiratkakl-Kanai
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Senator Rukebai Inabo
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Hon. Faaulusau Rosa Duffy-Stowers
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Hon. Gatoloaifa'na Amataga Alesana Gidlow
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Hon. Tofa Faimalotoa Kika Iemaima Stowers
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Hon Ethel Lency Vokia
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Hon Freda Tuki Soriocomua
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Publications
The 2020 Vanuatu Elections: How Did Women Fare?
In the Vanuatu national elections held on 19 March 2020, voters elected their third consecutive all-male parliament. Across 10 of Vanuatu’s 18 constituencies, only 18 women contested the elections and were significantly outnumbered, representing only six per cent of all candidates. Women have been absent from national parliament since 2012, and only five women have...
About PacWIP
At least in theory in the Pacific today, there are no formal obstacles to equal participation in national political and parliamentary processes. However, due to historical and ongoing social, cultural and economic barriers, in practice, there is still a noticeable imbalance in the representation of women and men in Pacific legislatures and sub-national decision-making bodies....