Summary The Education & Human Resources Strategy Plan (EHRSP) has been formulated in line with the vision of providing a quality education for all and developing a Human Resource base to transform Mauritius into an intelligent nation state in the vanguard of...
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PACIFIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE WORLD
The Whitlam Institute is concerned that Australia’s past and emerging engagement in the region pays insufficient attention to Pacific perspectives – not only official positions but also the voices of ordinary people from across the region. The Institute engaged...
CREATING EQUITABLE SOUTH NORTH PARTNERSHIPS: NURTURING THE VĀ AND VOYAGING THE AUDACIOUS OCEAN TOGETHER
Indigenous Maori researcher and academic Linda Tuhiwai Smith reminds us that research using western frameworks “continues relentlessly and brings with it a new wave of exploration, discovery, exploitation and appropriation. Researchers enter communities armed with...
Ritualized Homosexuality, Male Power and Political Organization in North Vanuatu: A Comparative Analysis
THE ISLAND of Malekula, in north Vanuatu, has for long been recognized as a locus classicus for the occurrence of organized male homosexuality. Deacon, who carried out his field researches in 1926, was the first to publish a reasonably detailed account of the highly...
Pacific Pathways to the Prevention of Sexual Violence
In March 2009 the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs commissioned the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland to undertake a research project entitled Pacific Pathways to Sexual Violence Prevention Research, to provide further insight into the...
Wanem ia Domestik Vaelens?
Domestik vaelens (o samtaem yumi singaotem famli vaelens) hemi eni kaen vaelens we wan man o woman i mekem agensem wan famli memba. To read full document, Click Here
Code of Conduct for Emergency Responders. Gender and Protection Cluster – Vanuatu
To read the full report click here. Introduction All humanitarian workers and disaster responders are personally and collectively responsible for upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct. Implementation of the...
Disability Inclusion in Disaster Risk Reduction
To read the full report click here. Executive Summary The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, both lay out expectations regarding the inclusion of the rights of people with disabilities in...
Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region Project
To read the full report click here. When change in sea level is measured with a tide gauge over a number of years one cannot be sure whether the sea is rising or the land is sinking. To local people, the relative sea level change is of paramount importance. Vertical...