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What To Bring To Maternity Ward

What To Bring To Maternity Ward

Less than ten years ago, expectant mothers could stay up to one week at the maternity ward after giving birth, recalls midwife Marie Jean Baptiste Willy from Vila Central Hospital (VCH). Nowadays there are approximately 300 births a month and mothers and newborn...

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What is slut shaming?

What is slut shaming?

One of the first things a teenage girl is taught when she enters puberty is how to dress. So as not to give the ‘wrong impression’, a ‘proper’ young lady doesn’t wear particular clothing that is outside of societal expectations and if she decides to wear something...

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Sexual Vaelens

Sexual Vaelens

“We live in a society that teaches girls how not to get raped, instead of teaching boys not to rape.” Sexual vaelens hemi wan issue wea fulap pipol hemi findem no esi blong tokboat. Hemi important blong tok tok long saed blong sexual vaelens wetem family mo frens...

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GO! Cyber Safety Booklet

GO! Cyber Safety Booklet

The GO! Cyber project started with a series of co-design workshops, supported by Portable Design Studio, with young women aged between 18-30 years old to understand how young women and girls navigate cyberspaces. While there have been interventions to enhance...

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Provincial Gender Action Plans 2020 – 2024

Provincial Gender Action Plans 2020 – 2024

The Provincial Gender Equality Action Plans are a targeted way to implement and monitor the National Gender Equality Policy that was launched on 24 August 2021. The Provincial Plans were drafted in consultation with provincial stakeholders to develop a set of goals...

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PACIFIC  PERSPECTIVES  ON THE WORLD

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...

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