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Author Archives: Sean Mackesy-Buckley
Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration: an empty commitment or a real opportunity?
In August of this year, Pacific Island Leaders met in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, for the 43rd Pacific Islands Forum Meeting. Whilst the media seemed incapable of focusing on anything but the implications of the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s flying visit, the members did discuss a range of important issues, some of which have been noted on this blog. One subject that has seen very little discussion is the […] Continue reading
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The London family planning summit: a loss or an opportunity for the Pacific?
On July 11th, the London Summit announced it had raised enough money to meet the family planning needs of an additional 120 million women in the world’s poorest 69 countries. The Summit hosts – the UK government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – should be very happy with this accomplishment. Despite targets being set by a range of high level international commitments, including the International Conference on Population […] Continue reading
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