Survey results show PNG males under-recognise the importance of female political representation, consent and non-violence, ...

This article is the first in a two-part series on Wave Two of the Pacific Labour Mobility Survey. The Development Policy Centre and the World Bank recently carried out consultations in Australia, New ...

While scholarship on corruption in the Pacific is increasing, a discussion at the 2025 Pacific Update found critical research gaps remain.

Inequality of voting opportunity in the Highlands is a problem for all Papua New Guineans, says Thiago Cintra Oppermann.

As the dust settles on the United Nations COP30 climate talks in Brazil, a lot of questions remain. Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, are the UN talks still fit for purpose? How can countries ...

New Guinea is staggeringly rich in life. Occupying just 0.5% of Earth’s land surface, it hosts an estimated 5-8% of all species. This abundance is reflected in more than 2,800 orchid species, over ...

According to the recent PNG National Census, the country’s population is around 10 million people. Four million are under the age of 18. Though the accuracy of the census figures is debatable, the ...

The topic of ageing societies is not new to Sri Lanka. Population projections point to a much higher proportion of the elderly in the near future with one estimate suggesting that the share of those ...

The New Zealand Realm — the collection of states that includes New Zealand itself, the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau — is often associated with colonial legacies. While the Cook Islands is part of ...

“The choice is ours.” This sentence has echoed in my mind throughout the time I spent in Sudan as part of the Médecins Sans Frontières operational support team responding to the growing humanitarian ...