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July 27, 2024
Pacific leaders have been called on to innovative and be bold to create gender equality and respond to gaps which exist in their efforts to bridge differences. Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine said gender could not be addressed in isolation. “We must think also of how it intersects with our other challenges and opportunities ... <a title="President Heine calls for ‘bold responses’ for gender equality in the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/president-heine-calls-for-bold-responses-for-gender-equality-in-the-region/" aria-label="Read more about President Heine calls for ‘bold responses’ for gender equality in the region">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2024
The second report in a five-part series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this week. SPECIAL REPORT: By Netani Rika in Majuro A united effort will ensure a world in which every woman and girl is valued, respected, and given the opportunity to thrive. Envoy for ... <a title="‘Collaboration’ key to creating respect for women and girls, says Marshall Islands senator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/collaboration-key-to-creating-respect-for-women-and-girls-says-marshall-islands-senator/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Collaboration’ key to creating respect for women and girls, says Marshall Islands senator">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s security detail has cut a media briefing short over protesters in Auckland. He was holding a press conference yesterday after a walkabout with police to discuss concerns with businesses in the CBD. Luxon was talking with media when one of his security officers could be seen coming ... <a title="PM Luxon’s security cut short visit ahead of Palestine protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/pm-luxons-security-cut-short-visit-ahead-of-palestine-protest/" aria-label="Read more about PM Luxon’s security cut short visit ahead of Palestine protest">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon carried the Olympic torch in Paris this week in honour of her peers who have been wounded and killed in the field — especially in Gaza and Lebanon. Christina Assi of Agence France-Presse was among six journalists ... <a title="Photojournalist targeted by Israeli army carries Olympic torch in Paris" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/photojournalist-targeted-by-israeli-army-carries-olympic-torch-in-paris/" aria-label="Read more about Photojournalist targeted by Israeli army carries Olympic torch in Paris">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
The first report in a five-part web series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this week. SPECIAL REPORT: By Netani Rika in Majuro Women continue to fight for justice 70 years after the first nuclear tests by the United States caused devastation on the people and ... <a title="70 years on from tests, Marshallese women still fight for nuclear justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/70-years-on-from-tests-marshallese-women-still-fight-for-nuclear-justice/" aria-label="Read more about 70 years on from tests, Marshallese women still fight for nuclear justice">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2024
By Sainimili Magimagi in Suva Family members keep silent on the issue of violence in Fiji and individuals continue to be the victims, according to Jonathan Veitch, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative to the South Pacific. While raising his concern on the issue at Nasinu Gospel Primary School on Friday, he said 83 percent ... <a title="Breaking the silence – 83% of Fijian children suffer violence, reports UNICEF" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/21/breaking-the-silence-83-of-fijian-children-suffer-violence-reports-unicef/" aria-label="Read more about Breaking the silence – 83% of Fijian children suffer violence, reports UNICEF">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2024
By Justin Latif in Suva Despite the many challenges faced by Pacific journalists in recent years, the recent Pacific International Media Conference highlighted the incredible strength and courage of the region’s reporters. The three-day event in Suva, Fiji, earlier this month co-hosted by the University of South Pacific, Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the ... <a title="Pacific journalists’ resilience shines through at historic conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/16/pacific-journalists-resilience-shines-through-at-historic-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journalists’ resilience shines through at historic conference">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Delegates at a Pacific media conference in Fiji two weeks ago heard harrowing stories of female reporters facing threats of violence and harassment. This raised the question: is enough being done to protect female reporters in the Pacific region? In 2022, the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement, in partnership with the University of the South Pacific ... <a title="‘Culture plays a big part’: Female journalists in Pacific face harassment and worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/culture-plays-a-big-part-female-journalists-in-pacific-face-harassment-and-worse/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Culture plays a big part’: Female journalists in Pacific face harassment and worse">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
By Ivy Mallam of Wansolwara Media professionals have been urged to undergo gender sensitisation training to produce more inclusive, accurate and ethical representation of women in the news. Fiji Women’s Rights Movement executive director Nalini Singh emphasised that such training would help avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes and promote diverse perspectives, ensuring media coverage reflects the ... <a title="Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/nalini-singh-calls-for-media-coverage-that-reflects-realities-of-all-genders/" aria-label="Read more about Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was a mood of euphoria at the impressive event, especially from politicians who talked about journalism being the “oxygen of democracy”. The dumping of the draconian and widely hated Fiji Media ... <a title="When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/when-media-freedom-as-the-oxygen-of-democracy-and-hypocrisy-share-the-same-pacific-arena/" aria-label="Read more about When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinean journalist Sincha Dimara, news editor at the online publication InsidePNG, is one of seven recipients of this year’s East-West Center Journalists of Courage Impact Award. Pakistani journalist Kamal Siddiqi, former news director at Aaj TV, also received the award last night at the EWC’s International Media Conference in Manila, ... <a title="InsidePNG’s Sincha Dimara wins East-West ‘courage award’ for free press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/insidepngs-sincha-dimara-wins-east-west-courage-award-for-free-press/" aria-label="Read more about InsidePNG’s Sincha Dimara wins East-West ‘courage award’ for free press">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An exhibition from Tara Arts International has been brought to The University of the South Pacific as part of the Pacific International Media Conference next week. In the first exhibition of its kind, Connecting Diaspora: Pacific Prana provides an alternative narrative to the dominant story of the Indian diaspora to the Pacific. ... <a title="People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through creative media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/people-of-the-indian-diaspora-in-pacific-another-view-through-creative-media/" aria-label="Read more about People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through creative media">Read more</a>
