Tag Archive: Women

Women critical to climate solutions

By Mereoni Mili in Bonn, Germany It is important that women and girls remain in the centre of climate solutions. These were the words of the Minister of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Mereseini Vuniwaqa during the Gender Day event at COP 23 yesterday. She said it is important to have specific objectives for women in any economic or investment program with respond to climate change whether we talk about mitigation, adaptation or resilience. “If we understand the special place women have in our communities and act accordingly we would create strong programs, have more effective responses, build better and…

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Embrace Women’s Rugby

by Anaseini Civavonovono PEOPLE should abandon the archaic belief that rugby is not a sport for women, says sevens rugby coach and player Elenoa Kunatuba. Kunatuba said although the public's attitude toward women rugby players had greatly improved, there were still many who remained ignorant and continued to demean them. "Women's rugby is accepted in the international arena and is now an Olympic sport," she reasoned. "Just because we play rugby everybody stereotypes it as we're gay," she said. "It is frustrating." said the former rugby administrator. She made the comment when asked to opine on research into women's rugby…

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