Gender equality and women’s empowerment contribute to lasting peace and resilient communities.
Humanity needs leadership and solidarity to defeat COVID-19
An experimental global index offers a new measurement of human progress that illustrates the challenge of tackling poverty and inequality while easing planetary pressure
This video was launched as part of the International Anti-Corruption Day celebrations on 9 December 2020 and to also mark the launch of the “I don’t accept bribes” badge and campaign.
Palau is taking an extraordinary step forward to further strengthen its disaster risk management and climate change adaptation efficiency.
Tuvalu a group of 9 atoll islands in the Pacific Ocean, has a large ocean territory adjoining Fiji, Kiribati, Wallis & Futuna and is home to 12,000 people.
The rights of persons with disabilities have gained more recognition than ever before in Fiji, particularly in the areas of education and sports.
Using ‘sensemaking’ to calibrate our response to COVID-19
In February 2020, I was in New York for work and the buzz around the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was growing and picking pace. A week after I returned to Fiji, the borders closed. Almost a year later, the borders remain closed. The UN’s Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of COVID-19 in Fiji gave a full picture of the impacts induced by COVID-19. How the pandemic unraveled demonstrated the power of chaos to instigate change. Wisdom from the Cynefin framework suggests that chaos can be a powerful trigger for positive change if constructively used.
Food and Income Security Solutions Exploration: The Case of Informal Settlements in Fiji
The increase of informal settlements and urban informality is a global phenomenon accompanying the growth of urban populations, with an estimated 25 percent of the world’s urban population living in informal settlements. People living in informal settlements suffer spatial, social and economic exclusion from the benefits and opportunities that are available in the broader urban environment.
The positive spin-off of a global pandemic in a Small Island Developing State
I live in a small island country called Fiji, which is in the South Pacific and home to just over 800,000 people. About a year ago, Fiji and its neighboring Pacific island countries watched in horror as the coronavirus pandemic began to hit bigger developed countries with crippling effects to their economies. Fear and worries swept over smaller countries in the Pacific, which are heavily reliant on tourism and aid from COVID-19 affected countries.
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