Author Archives: Sean Mackesy-Buckley

Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration: an empty commitment or a real opportunity?

"Readers could be forgiven for a measure of skepticism about just how committed to gender equality all Pacific leaders actually are..." [read more].
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The London family planning summit: a loss or an opportunity for the Pacific?

"On July 11th, the London Summit announced it had raised enough money to meet the family planning needs of an additional 120 million women in the world’s poorest 69 countries... [but] it is disappointing to note that a majority of Pacific Island Countries (PICs) have missed out. This appears to be the result of the methodology used to determine which countries would be targeted by the Summit..." [read more].
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