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Features Archive October 2021

Associate Professor in Pacific Journalism at the School of Pacific Arts, Communication, and Education (SPACE), Shailendra Singh with Journalism teaching assistants.
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New USP Research Paper Explores Journalism Culture in the Region

What are the views of Pacific journalists on professional ethical issues and what pressures affect their work? What is the age, experience, qualifications and gender breakdown of the Pacific journalist corps?

29 Oct 2021
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Ellen Mark returns to the village where she was attacked a year ago.
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Justice for Sorcery Accusation Related Violence in PNG?

Jesten Jessy was bedridden with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 during the pandemic.

21 Oct 2021
Women selling coconut and bottle gourd in Intoap, PNG.
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Human Cost of the Pacific’s COVID-19 Recession

The socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 are devastating communities in the Pacific and Timor-Leste as much as the virus itself, and sometimes to an even greater extent.

19 Oct 2021
Supu – refers to a heap of uncooked food and live pigs – with reciprocal protocols that maintain community integrity.
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Indigenous Diplomacy in Solomon Islands

Pacific leaders should look to Guadalcanal’s system of popo and supu diplomacy as examples of how to utilise local practices to address national problems, Gordon Leua Nanau writes.

18 Oct 2021
As the region looks towards the UN Climate Change Conference – COP26 – which takes place in Glasgow, UK later this year, the paper will provide an important opportunity for informing and influencing decisions on climate finance at COP26.
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UNDP, PIF and UK Government Call for Increased Effectiveness of Climate Finance in the Pacific

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have released a discussion paper which highlights some of the issues on climate finance effectiveness in the Pacific region.

12 Oct 2021
Mr. May was one of the forces behind the establishment of State, Society and Governance in Melanesia, now the Department of Pacific Affairs.
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Ron May: First Contact

Ron May has spent more than 50 years working in and on Papua New Guinea, including 32 years at The Australian National University (ANU), where he was one of the forces behind the establishment of State, Society and Governance in Melanesia, now the Department of Pacific Affairs.

4 Oct 2021
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