21 min
Gender quotas and women's participation in Pacific politics Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast
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The Pacific has the world’s lowest rate of women’s representation in Parliament. What can be done to solve this deeply entrenched problem and how might gender quotas play a role?
Guests:
Pionie Boso is the program manager at the Women’s Rights Action Movement in the Solomon Islands. In 2011, she was awarded an International Women of Courage Award for her work in tackling domestic violence.
Dr Theresa Meki is a Pacific Research Fellow with the ANU’s Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs.
The Pacific has the world’s lowest rate of women’s representation in Parliament. What can be done to solve this deeply entrenched problem and how might gender quotas play a role?
Guests:
Pionie Boso is the program manager at the Women’s Rights Action Movement in the Solomon Islands. In 2011, she was awarded an International Women of Courage Award for her work in tackling domestic violence.
Dr Theresa Meki is a Pacific Research Fellow with the ANU’s Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs.
21 min