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Basic but essential: Vanuatu’s proposed political integrity legislation

Blogs Date: 12 Feb 2025

Source: Devpolicy Blog Vanuatu has had three different prime ministers since 4 September, and weathered several court challenges as politicians and parties battled for parliamentary supremacy. Vanuatu’s citizens have expressed their frustrations via social media, national Press Klab and on the streets, with more than 150 people marching to Parliament House to table a petition from over 1,800 people demanding passage of […]

Barriers to women’s political participation in Vanuatu

Blogs Date: 12 Feb 2025

Source: Devpolicy Blog The way politics is played in Melanesian countries has very little national inclusivity about it – in terms of participation by and representation of both men and women at the national level. The role of women is, almost exclusively, to vote, not to actively play the game itself. To use soccer as […]

Women’s political leadership in Vanuatu

Blogs Date: 12 Feb 2025

Source: Devpolicy Blog Jennifer Kalpokas Doan is a part of the management team of the Balance of Power Initiative in the Pacific. Her father was a leader of the independence movement in Vanuatu and, following in her father’s footsteps, Jennifer has been a tireless advocate for developmental and inclusive leadership in her country. As part of International […]

Reframing International Development to Respond to COVID-19: Essential Features of Effective Programs in the New Normal

Blogs Date: 12 Feb 2025

Source: Development Leadership Program As anyone currently working in the sector knows, the COVID-19 pivot has become the number one priority for all international development programs. Practitioners have been spending the last few months getting their DAKI (Drop, Adapt, Keep, Innovate) frameworks or equivalent in place as they realign their funding, work plans and technical assistance to […]