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For Women in Asia, ‘Home’ Is a Battleground
All across Asia, men face almost no consequences for domestic violence and women have few places to turn for help, allowing the abuse to continue in a vicious cycle. Credit: Mallika Aryal/IPSBy Kanya...
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Multi-Drug Resistance Adds to Tuberculosis Epidemic in Papua New Guinea
In Papua New Guinea, most people live in rural areas with poor access to health services, increasing the challenges of fighting infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy...
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Bougainville: Former War-Torn Territory Still Wary of Mining
Gutted mine machinery and infrastructure are scattered across the site of the Panguna mine in the mountains of Central Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. Credit: Catherine...
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Q&A: Papua New Guinea Reckons With Unmet Development Goals
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Pacific Civil Society Swings Out Against Free Trade Agreement
Pacific civil society organisations say that local industries must be nurtured before the region embarks on more free trade agreements. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine WilsonCANBERRA,...
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Bougainville Election Intensifies Hopes for Independence
The northern town of Buka was the focus of attention when the newly elected third Autonomous Bougainville Government was inaugurated on Jun. 15. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine WilsonCANBERRA,...
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Rome March Celebrates Pope’s Call for Urgent Climate Action
March by people of faith, civil society groups and communities impacted by climate change in Rome on Jun. 28 to express gratitude to Pope Francis for the release of his Laudato Si encyclical on the...
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Papua New Guinea’s Unemployed Youth Say the Future They Want Begins With Them
Every day the Tropical Gems can be seen taking charge of clearing and tidying civic spaces in Madang, a town on the north coast of the Papua New Guinean mainland. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy...
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Widowhood in Papua New Guinea Brings an Uncertain Future
Significant numbers of women, such as members of the Mt Hagen Handicraft Group in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea, have been impacted by HIV/AIDS with consequences including widowhood and...
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Clan Wars Increase Displacement, Hinder Development in Papua New Guinea
Tribal warriors who have been fighting a clan war for two months in Kenemote village say they want peace in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine...
View ArticleMalnutrition a Silent Emergency in Papua New Guinea
High up in the mountainous interior of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the most populous Pacific Island state of 7.3 million people, rural lives are marked by strenuous work toiling land in rugged terrain with...
View ArticleA Peaceful Decade but Pacific Islanders Warn Against Complacency
The Pacific Islands conjures pictures of swaying palm trees and unspoiled beaches. But, after civil wars and unrest since the 1980’s, experts in the region are clear that Pacific Islanders cannot...
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Bougainville Women Turn Around Lives of ‘Lost Generation’
Anna Sapur of the Hako Women's Collective leads a human rights training program for youths in Hako Constituency, North Bougainville. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine WilsonHAKO, Buka Island,...
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Post-War Truth and Justice Still Elusive in Bougainville
Buildings gutted and scarred by the Bougainville civil war are still visible in the main central town of Arawa. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine WilsonARAWA, Autonomous Region of Bougainville,...
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Communities See Tourism Gold in Derelict Bougainville Mine
Landowner Lynette Ona, along with local leaders and villagers in the Panguna mine area, look to tourism as a sustainable economic alternative to large-scale mining in post-conflict Bougainville, Papua...
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Farming Brings Stability to Remote Villages in Papua
Villages in Papua New Guinea are being transformed with permanent houses and front-yard food gardens. Credit: Kafil Yamin/IPSBy Kafil YaminSENGGI, Indonesia, Oct 24 2016 (IPS)Only two decades ago,...
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Reporting from Inside a Refugee Detention Centre
Journalist and asylum seeker Behrouz Boochani is detained indefinitely by the Australian government on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island. Credit: Aref Heidari.By Andy HazelUNITED NATIONS, Dec 29 2016...
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Pacific Islanders Call for U.S. Solidarity on Climate Change
Higher tides and coastal erosion are encroaching on homes and community buildings in Siar village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine WilsonCANBERRA, Australia,...
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Free Education Helps Combat Child Labour in Fiji
Many Pacific Island states, including Papua New Guinea, have introduced free education policies resulting in primary school enrolments surging. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine WilsonCANBERRA,...
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PNG Bougainville Prepares for Historic Vote on Nationhood
A pro-Independence rally gets underway in Arawa, Central Bougainville, Papua New Guinea on 22 October 2019. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine WilsonBUKA / ARAWA, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea,...
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Putting Population Management in Pacific Women’s Hands
Pacific Island nations say empowering women is the key to addressing population growth across the region. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine WilsonPORT VILA, Jul 10 2014 (IPS) Populations of many...
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Outlawing Polygamy to Combat Gender Inequalities, Domestic Violence in Papua...
The PNG Government has recently introduced legislation to outlaw polygamy and increase the country's rate of official marriage and birth registrations. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine...
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Women Warriors Take Environmental Protection into Their Own Hands
Indian activist Suryamani Bhagat has been fighting state officials in the eastern state of Jharkhand to protect tribal people’s forest rights. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS By Amantha PereraBALI, Aug 8...
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Youth Suicides Sound Alarm Across the Pacific
Children sit outside an informal housing settlement in Vanuatu. Experts say a lack of economic opportunities is contributing to a wave of youth suicides in the Pacific Islands. Credit: Catherine...
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Gender Equality Gains Traction with Pacific Island Leaders
Progress on gender equality in the Pacific Islands is gaining momentum following a pledge by political leaders. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine WilsonSYDNEY, Aug 13 2014 (IPS) A pledge by...
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Struggling to Find Water in the Vast Pacific
Several Pacific Island states are struggling to provide their far-flung populations with access to fresh water. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS By Catherine WilsonLOTOFAGA VILLAGE, Samoa, Sep 1 2014 (IPS)...
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Pacific Islanders Take on Australian Coal
Of 10 million Pacific Islanders, nearly 50 percent live within 1.5 km of the coastline. These communities are at grave risk of numerous climate-related catastrophes from floods and tropical storms to...
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Bougainville Voices Say ‘No’ to Mining
Indigenous communities continue to live around the edge of the Panguna copper mine in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, which was forced to shut down in 1989. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine...
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Illegal Logging Wreaking Havoc on Impoverished Rural Communities
Customary landowners in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, both rainforest nations in the Southwest Pacific Islands, are suffering the environmental and social impacts of illegal logging....
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Seeking Closure, Bougainville Confronts Ghosts of Civil War
Scene in north Bougainville. Searching for the missing following a civil war has been identified as a priority for reconciliation and development in the region. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine...
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Pacific Islands Call for New Thinking to Implement Post-2015 Development Goals
Organisations in the Pacific Islands believe that achieving the post-2015 development goals depends on getting implementation right. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine WilsonSYDNEY, Jan 19 2015...
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When Ignorance Is Deadly: Pacific Women Dying From Lack of Breast Cancer...
Local women's NGO, Vois Blong Mere, campaigns for women's rights in Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine WilsonSYDNEY, Jan 28 2015 (IPS) Women now face a...
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Diabetes Epidemic Threatens Development Gains in Pacific Islands
Increasing people's consumption of fresh produce and daily exercise are part of preventing a non-communicable disease crisis in the Pacific Islands. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine...
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Tackling Corruption at its Root in Papua New Guinea
Transparency International (PNG) organises an annual Walk Against Corruption in Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby. Credit: Kanya D’Almeida/IPSBy Catherine WilsonSYDNEY, Feb 24 2015 (IPS)...
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Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific: A “Regressive” Trend, Says Amnesty...
Protestors armed with bamboo sticks faced police in riot gear in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, on May 4, 2013. Credit: Kajul Hazra/IPS By Kanya D'AlmeidaUNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 2015 (IPS) The cradle of...
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