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🚨Seminar Reminder Join us as Nematullah Bizhan presents “Payday lending in Papua New Guinea: Borrowers' Experiences, Household Impacts and Policy Options" ⏰2 Oct, 12.30-1.30pm PGT/AEST 📍In person @CrawfordSchool or #UPNG or Zoom
PNG women know about contraception but can't access it: only 37% of married women use any method, despite 88% knowing at least one. Actual fertility outpaces wanted fertility, and unmet need runs even higher among unmarried women. devpolicy.org/family-plannin… #PublicHealth
A whistleblower looks back: An Australian aid NGO overstated grant costs and diverted funds in the early 1990s, a former Prime Minister threatened his career, and only a fraction of the money was recovered. devpolicy.org/the-scandal-th… #AidSector #Whistleblower #AusAID
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'Aisyiyah has around 25 million members and sympathisers across Indonesia, running more than 20,000 kindergartens, 21 hospitals and 109 pro bono law firms. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wom… #WomensEmpowerment #Indonesia #Aisyiyah #GenderEquality #FaithBasedDevelopment #Podcast
Fiji has declared its HIV outbreak a "national emergency": 1 in 60 adults now living with the disease, cases up 27% in the last year. HIV rates are also rising in Solomon Islands and PNG. devpolicy.org/sept-2026-aid-… #AidNews #Fiji #HIV #Pacific #Humanitarian
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Drought may be fuelling sorcery accusation-related violence in PNG. A Simbu case shows crop failures and sick pigs sparking an attack on an older woman, echoing a pattern from a 4-province, 4-year dataset where sickness/death triggered ~90% of… devpolicy.org/is-el-nino-a-r…
🚨Registration open! Join us as Nematullah Bizhan presents “Payday lending in Papua New Guinea: Borrowers' Experiences, Household Impacts and Policy Options" ⏰2 Oct, 12.30-1.30pm PGT/AEST 📍In person @CrawfordSchool or #UPNG or Zoom 📝 Register: events.devpolicy.org/20261002
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What Pacific women want global climate advocates to hear before COP31 By Chelsea Huggett, Diana Gonzalez, Doris Tulifau and Nalini Singh New research reveals what Pacific women want from global climate advocates on water security and gender… devpolicy.org/what-pacific-w…
🚨Registration open! Join us as Nematullah Bizhan presents “Payday lending in Papua New Guinea: Borrowers' Experiences, Household Impacts and Policy Options" ⏰2 Oct, 12.30-1.30pm PGT/AEST 📍In person @CrawfordSchool or #UPNG or Zoom 📝 Register: events.devpolicy.org/20261002
Naoero's life expectancy has collapsed from Pacific-leading in 1960 to the region's lowest today, four years below the next country. Diabetes, phosphate mining legacy and no open migration pathway to Australia all play a role. devpolicy.org/life-expectanc… #PacificIslands
Why Papua New Guinea needs the private sector in health By Stephanie Copus Campbell and Mahesh Patel Why PNG's health system needs well-governed private sector partnerships, from PHA boards to pharmacies, argue two health-sector leaders. devpolicy.org/why-papua-new-…
Kiribati now spends close to one in every three dollars of recurrent budget directly on households — making it the Pacific's largest spender on social assistance relative to GDP, funded largely by fishing licence fees. devpolicy.org/navigating-the… #Kiribati #PacificIslands
🚨Registration open! Join us as Nematullah Bizhan presents “Payday lending in Papua New Guinea: Borrowers' Experiences, Household Impacts and Policy Options" ⏰2 Oct, 12.30-1.30pm PGT/AEST 📍In person @CrawfordSchool or #UPNG or Zoom 📝 Register: events.devpolicy.org/20261002
Labor has effectively abolished the third-year backpacker visa: an 84% cut, down to just 5,000 spots via lottery. Combined with second-year cuts, total visas fall 44%. Stephen Howes says this could mean 18,300 fewer backpackers on farms. devpolicy.org/labor-comes-cl…
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