One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Women’s Political Representation in the Pacific

Summary

KEY POINTS: 

1. Lowest rates of global women’s political participation seen in the Pacific with only 7% of politicians being women.
2. Change in Fiji government has seen percentage of women decrease from 19% to 9%. 
3. Quotas one way to address issue to increase participation.

References

• Media Check: Australian Institute of International Affairs - Patron Governor-General- of Australia  (HIGH CREDIBILITY) 
• COLLECTIONS/The Runway (airforce.gov.au) 
• ADDITIONAL READING RAAF RUNWAY (PME) 
• RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC