Pacific Islands Headlines
- Exchange Program Helps Lawyer Tailor Plan to Address Domestic Violence in Papua New Guinea
While DV has long been a problem in the Pacific region, it is only within the last decade that nations have begun to make significant progress in addressing the issue.
- Fellows from the South Pacific Work in Tandem with Washington, DC-based Anti-Domestic Violence Organizations
Lawyers from the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Timor-Leste have descended on Washington, DC, as part of an ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) program that boosts their ability to advocate for and provide legal services to women, particularly those who have experienced violence.
- Call for Applications: Pacific Fellows Women’s Rights Program
- Exchange Program to Allow American and Pacific Women’s Rights Advocates to Exchange Experiences, Forge Links
- The ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) will partner with the University
of the South Pacific (USP) to host an exchange program in 2012 for 24 young
legal professionals.