Young Kanak, Lifou, Loyalty Islands 2018 (Nic Maclellan)
Wed, 4 Sep - Thu, 5 Sep 2024

State of the Pacific 2024

State of the Pacific 2026 conference is hosted by our Department of Pacific Affairs
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Wed, 8 Nov 2023

Transforming Economies: on the path to Planetary Health Equity

Transforming our economies to serve people and the planet is the big challenge of our time.
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Young Kanak, Lifou, Loyalty Islands 2018 (Nic Maclellan)

Recordings now available – State of the Pacific 2024
Listen to the panel discussions from State of the Pacific 2024.
  • Politics
  • Security
  • Labour Migration
  • Governance and regulation
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Gender
  • decolonisation
  • environmental challenges
Image by Shaun Gessler
Image by Shaun Gessler

Recordings now available – State of the Pacific 2026
Listen to the panel discussions from State of the Pacific 2026.
  • Politics
  • Security
  • Labour Migration
  • Governance and regulation
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Gender
  • decolonisation
  • environmental challenges
Dyah Ayu Kartika
Mon, 11 Dec 2023

Anti-Gender Mobilisation in Indonesia and Its Implications for Democracy

Dyah Ayu Kartika addresses the impact of anti-gender movements on gender-related issues and policies in Indonesia and their broader implications for the country's democracy.
Book Gender and Politics
Wed, 3 Dec 2025

Book Launch - Gender and Politics Reimagined: Centring Oceanic and Asian Lenses

Join us as we celebrate the launch of this timely collection. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. Light refreshments will be provided.
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The Global Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health
This book examines everyday inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and the failure to address them in crisis settings from a feminist international relations (IR) perspectiv
  • Gender
Mercy Masta
Fri, 31 May 2024

Approaches to Engaging Men in Women's Leadership in the Pacific

Join Dr Mercy Masta as she will explore strategies for involving men in supporting women's leadership in the Pacific.
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People on a boat in Papua New Guinea
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Recordings now available – State of the Pacific 2022
Listen to the panel discussions from State of the Pacific 2022.
  • Politics
  • Security
  • Labour Migration
  • Governance and regulation
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Gender
Workshop participants at Pasifika House, Brisbane, 9 December 2022.
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Workshops on safety and wellbeing of Pacific workers in Australia
Researchers from DPA held workshops to discuss the preliminary findings of research on the safety and wellbeing experiences of people who are working in Australia with the PALM scheme.
  • Welfare
  • Labour Migration
  • Ending violence against women and girls
  • Gender
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Pacific Women in Politics book cover 2to1

Pacific Women in Politics: Gender Quota Campaigns in the Pacific Islands
Women are significantly underrepresented in politics in the Pacific Islands, given that only one in twenty Pacific parliamentarians are female, compared to one in five globally.
  • Pacific
  • Politics
  • Gender
  • Women’s leadership and political participation
Bilums from PNG

New report on Protection Orders in Lae, PNG
A new report by DPA’s Judy Putt, as well as Theresa Phillips, Davida Thomas and Lindy Kanan, details the results of a study into the the uptake and efficacy of family protection orders(FPOs), in PNG.
  • Ending violence against women and girls
  • Gender
Panellists for the seminar
Panellists for the seminar
Thu, 8 Jun 2023

Panel discussion - Reflections on positionality and relationality
Join the seminar to delve into positionality, relationality, and ethical research.
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Dr Judy Putt with the award

Bell School prize for ‘Partnership, Impact and Engagement’ awarded to the research project on 'Family Protection Orders'
The research project on 'The use and efficacy of family protection orders in PNG' has been awarded the Bell School prize for ‘Partnership, Impact and Engagement’.
  • Ending violence against women and girls
  • Gender
Pacific Forum

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Talanoa on the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent
The session highlighted the critical role of gender-responsive approaches in addressing climate change and strengthening Pacific resilience.
  • Gender
Making Sense of AIDS: Culture, Sexuality, and Power in Melanesia

Making Sense of AIDS: Culture, Sexuality, and Power in Melanesia
This collection gathers together stunning and original accounts of the often surprising ways that people make sense of the AIDS epidemic in various parts of Melanesia.
  • Aid and Development
  • Pacific
  • Politics
  • Religious studies
  • Health
  • Gender
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Our experts awarded grant for podcast series
Dr. Kerryn Baker and Dr. Maria Tanyag awarded a 2020 ANU Gender Institute grant to develop a 5-part podcast series on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in the region.
  • Gender