It was refreshing recently to see Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop draw national political attention to the question of Pacific women’s political status.
But her survey of the current problems facing women in the region also made for frustrating reading.
Bishop, whose comments came during the Pacific Islands Forum attended by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, emphasised women’s political invisibility and posited the importance of Australian women leaders in creating supportive networks that might assist their Pacific Islands sisters.
Regretfully, her analysis omitted the voices of Pacific women themselves, and any ideas they may have about how to best progress the question of their political representation.
Rad the whole analysis at the Conversation, published 12. September
It was refreshing recently to see Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop draw national political attention to the question of Pacific women’s political status.
But her survey of the current problems facing women in the region also made for frustrating reading.
Bishop, whose comments came during the Pacific Islands Forum attended by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, emphasised women’s political invisibility and posited the importance of Australian women leaders in creating supportive networks that might assist their Pacific Islands sisters.
Regretfully, her analysis omitted the voices of Pacific women themselves, and any ideas they may have about how to best progress the question of their political representation.
Rad the whole analysis at the Conversation, published 12. September