Reflections of Bruce Mullan (Associate Director, Pacific) on the life and struggle of the partners Churches of UnitingWorld in the Pacific

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By Bruce Mullan

It’s time for action

April 28th, 2013

In a current Australian co-sponsored study of sexual violence in six Asia-Pacific countries, one in every four men admitted raping a woman or girl and one in every 25 had participated in gang rape. These are data averages from more than ten thousand men interviewed by the United Nations Partners for Prevention ‘Change Project’.

Across the entire region, one in every two men said they had used violence against an intimate partner.

The study’s preliminary findings were presented at the United Nations in March and reported, on average, nearly one in two perpetrators saying they rape women ‘for entertainment’ or out of ‘boredom’ and roughly one in three said he rapes out of anger and the desire to punish.

A very disturbing finding was that almost three out of every four claim rape is men’s prerogative.

They said men are entitled to take what is rightfully theirs [women's bodies] regardless of consent.

I was in Fiji last week and read a report of a meeting attended by the country’s Attorney General Mr Aiyaz Sayed-Kaiyum.

If Mr Sayed Khiayum was correctly quoted by the Fiji Sun on Saturday 20th April, he was reported to say that a young girl being pregnant “was not always the boy’s fault”.

The report also attributed the Attorney General as having said that “if a girl was raped by her own father and got pregnant, she would not want to be stating to everyone that the father of her child was her own father as this would be shameful”.

When these kinds of attitude are espoused not just by perpetrators but by the highest legal officer of the land, it’s obvious that male perpetrators are not accepting responsibility for their actions.

And whilst  men continue to believe they are entitled to rape and are not required to accept consequences for their actions, Pacific women will live in fear and be at risk.

Just one more reason I am passionate about UnitingWorld’s current emphasis on helping to empower  and support Pacific women and resource them through education and training to be leaders in their churches and communities.  I strongly believe this is the only way we’ll see genuine change in these widespread attitudes.

Click here to support Pacific Women through our Transforming Lives through Leadership project.  http://www.unitingworld.org.au/transformlives

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By Bronwyn Fraser

Joy, Pain, Hope and Humour – Listening to the Voices of i-Kiribati Women.

March 28th, 2013

Often across the Pacific when women congregate together there are frequent loud outbursts of laughter. Due to language, I usually don’t understand the joke but the hilarity is infectious. In Kiribati it’s no different.  Here there have also been moments when it has been impossible to contain our own impulse to laugh as our two cultures collide. Picture being presented with a special lunch, covered in foil, only to open it to find a plate filled solely with mini-frankfurts just for me! Or being “invited” to dance and then have someone come up and spray perfume under your arms while you are in full performance?  What about being handed a new, improved outfit  (it’s ‘what everyone is wearing’, literally)  and being instructed to change behind a flimsy curtain in a room full of people alongside your work colleague. Granted, all a little awkward but very, very funny.

Take this moment for instance. I am standing in the front of a room full of Kiribati Protestant Church women when the words from that 90’s classic “let’s talk about sex, baby… Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be” begin playing on repeat in my mind. Inconvenient! I’m leading a session on family budgets and the risk of domestic violence against women linked to decision-making on how a family’s income is spent. Or at least that’s the discussion I thought I was leading, until the women take it in a whole other direction. The realisation hits me: it appears that I, the only women in the room who has never been married, am actually leading a discussion on marital sex! Awkward! Cue the song.

We are in Kiribati to facilitate a workshop in partnership with the RAK, the women’s organisation of the KPC. The workshop is focusing on livelihoods. In this context this term includes both economic and social aspects of life. There are sessions that centre on skills that the women can use to earn an income as well as sessions that explore the complexities of family and community life and the challenges that confront women daily. And all jokes aside, there is some pretty serious stuff. When the women share of their lives, it is often deeply painful, sometimes ultimately triumphant but always very real.

Over the last month or so I have had the privilege of working with women from all across the Pacific through the Pacific Conference of Churches. These women have come together with one purpose, to stand up for the elimination of violence against women and to call on the Churches from all across the Pacific to take action. The women of the Pacific have spoken with one voice and called for the recognition of the biblical truth of gender equality in Genesis 1. This is their message in their words: “in the very creation of mankind as equal before Him [God], both genders [are] created in His image. We understand that gender equality is God-given and to perpetuate gender inequality is a conscious and blatant act against God.”*

Strong words from strong, articulate women. Last week at the PCC General Assembly in Honiara, on International Women’s Day, this voice was heard and their recommendation adopted.

This morning, as we sat in the room in Tarawa with the women from many of the far flung islands of Kiribati, one by one they shared of their lives. It is often hard to hear their stories, to know a little of their pain as well as their dreams. But in their stories, there is always hope. Here there is space for them to speak and there are ears wanting to listen. These, like those at the PCC, are not voiceless women but women whose words are full of wisdom, grace, humour and hope. Sadly it is often the leaders and the society around them, the Church and the culture, who fail to recognise this wisdom, who fail to listen, who fail their women.

This year, UnitingWorld is developing its Pacific Program to focus on hearing the voices of women in churches and in community and to work in partnership with these women and women’s organisations in supporting transformation of lives, families and communities. This is a holistic program recognising the need to address both spiritual and social aspects of life through church support and community development. Gender Equality in the Pacific in an ambitious goal and and one that will take time, patience and persistence. It will require everyone to play their role, men and women, church leaders and congregations, Pacific Islanders and Australian partners. But the time is now.

As I board the plane to leave I know that there are many aspects of life in Kiribati that I don’t understand – the blasting hip-hop house music on the buses, the love affair the men have with mullets and what makes a plateful of mini-frankfurts a specialty for lunch. But as I listened to each woman’s story shared this morning, I comprehend all too clearly the need for the Churches of the Pacific to be active agents for change and for us as their Australian brothers and sisters, to come alongside to play our role as supporting partners.

*These are direct quotes from the collective voice of Pacific women taken from the Recommendation on the Elimination of GBV adopted by the PCC General Assembly, 2013.

 To give a gift that supports one important aspect of UnitingWorld’s Pacific Program, theological training for women, see here.  Watch this space for other opportunities to support women’s livelihood and gender equality in the Pacific this year. 

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By Cath Taylor

Unlocking change for women- a powerful key…

March 8th, 2013

So today is International Women’s Day and we women are feeling rightly chuffed about everything we’ve contributed to the world.

As Mark Twain so neatly put it:  “What would men be without women? Mighty scarce sir, mighty scarce.”

Yes, we’re crucial alright!  And yet you don’t have to look very far to realise that in many societies women aren’t considered crucial.  They’re not even considered equal.  And they’re certainly not treated that way.

Tiresome debates about misogyny here in Australia aside, hop across the Torres Straits or even into parts of remote Australia and you can experience it for yourself.  In some parts of the Pacific you’ll have an 8 in 10 chance of being beaten by your partner.  You’ll earn 70% less than your male colleagues, if you’re lucky enough to have a job at all.  And if you’re under the age of 15, you stand more chance of being sexually abused than anywhere else in the world.

If you happen to fall into one of those categories, who’d be born a woman in the Pacific?  And what are the keys to change?

Throughout the Pacific, talented, creative, determined women are taking the future into their own hands and creating change for themselves, their daughters and their communities.  They’re standing up to centuries-old structures of power that have created cultures of abuse and oppression.    And they’re doing it in unusual ways.

Wealth creation through employment is part of the strategy.  So is increasing education opportunities and fostering involvement in political life.  But perhaps surprisingly, one of the key strategies of transformation within the Pacific lies in theological education.

Some might think of it as a bit of a toothless tiger here in Australia but in the Pacific, the Church has clout.  In most Pacific societies more than 90% of the population identify strongly as Christians.  People still attend church on a Sunday.  Shops are closed.  Prayers for the nation are offered.  And deeply-held biblical views of gender are highly influential.

As a result, good theological education is critical.

“Some interpretations of the bible, in the Pacific and even in our culture, have been used to justify all sorts of behaviours.  With regard to women, this can sometimes lead to structures that prevent women’s voices from being heard or people turning a blind eye to domestic violence.” says UnitingWorld’s Kathy Pereira, who has worked with women in the Pacific on strategies to empower women.

“If we want to give women a voice in Pacific society, we need to begin with the structures that are keeping them silent and that also have the potential to give them freedom.  Theological education is a means of giving women the tools they need to grow in confidence, learn in safety and begin to challenge issues like gender-based violence and the oppression of women.”

A new generation of women are being equipped by Pacific theological colleges to share the news of a God who sees neither slave nor free, male nor female, Jew nor Gentile- only the potential of people given new life in Christ.  These women, as one new graduate puts it, have “a gift of love.  They can share with others who are oppressed, marginalised, voiceless.  With this they help to liberate women, children and others as well.”

In small and large communities across the Pacific, women are transforming lives.  They minister among sisters and brothers who are dealing with the daily challenges of changing water supply, of family violence and sexual abuse, of healthcare in villages far from the nearest medical outpost.   They are compassionate listeners, creative networkers and determined advocates.    And as part of the Pacific’s most influential cultural institution, the Church, they are becoming powerful agents of change.

“Wherever God calls us we will go and whatever he asks of us, we will do,”  says Corinne, a new graduate from Seghe Theological Seminary in the Solomon Islands.

To some, it sounds unlikely.  To those who know the culture, the people and the transformative potential of the gospel, it’s how change happens.  And it’s worth celebrating!

To find out more and support UnitingWorld’s new projects with women as they train for ministry and transform lives in the Pacific see here.  Far beyond this International Women’s Day your gift to the project will hand vital keys of change to women around the Pacific.

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By Bronwyn Fraser

One Song, One Hope: Partnership for women in the Pacific

February 28th, 2013

“Music paints pictures and often tells stories,

All of it magic, all of it true!

And all of the pictures and all of the stories

All of the magic, the music is you”

Many who know me will be aware I was raised on the ‘elevator’ tones of John Denver and as I spend time in the Pacific the lyrics above begin to resound in the corners of my mind. While there’s not much talk of hills in Kiribati I can confidently confirm that the Islands are indeed alive with the sound of music!

Whether it’s in a taxi in Fiji, a restaurant in Solomon Islands, a ‘bus’ in Kiribati or just walking along the street, it seems there’s always a soundtrack:  a taxi stereo playing golden oldies one after the other – “St Elmo’s Fire” and “Days of the old School yard”; children walking to school loudly sharing their renditions of “Country Roads” and “Hakuna Matata”; the blaring of One Direction’s “You’re beautiful” on the bus as it dodges potholes; the synthesised tones of Bryan Adams and Ricky Martin in a restaurant overlooking the lagoon. And of course “Gangnam Style” everywhere! Yep, musically there’s something for everyone!

However when we talk about the Pacific and music, surely it’s the glorious sounds of choral singing that comes to mind. I’m pleased to share that this too has been part my soundtrack. In the Pacific, the words of the John Denver classic above come to life. Music is used to tell stories and to paint pictures.  Music is about home, about family and community, an expression of faith, a shared identity. It is a lived example of the plural ‘you’- the ‘you’ that is defined by those around you. Music in many of the Pacific Islands I’ve visited so often takes its most beautiful form when it is sung together in community and it always amazes me how everyone has a harmony line and everyone seems to know where they fit. It is only when voices are lifted together that those spine-tingling sounds surround you.

Over the last few weeks I have been part of a movement with the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC), working with women representing churches from all across the Pacific in addressing Gender-Based violence in churches and communities. The group has developed a series of recommendations that call on the churches to take a stand – to take action to eliminate the violence that is routinely directed towards women and girls, just because they are female. Some of these women have been working on this cause for the last 30 years and still they stand and demand the churches to act justly, building an ethos of respect, dignity and equality for women throughout the broader Church.

I have been continually humbled and inspired by the strength, courage and commitment of the women with whom I stand.  Not only that, but I’m encouraged as we hear prominent Pacific Church leaders stand up and preach God’s message of equality and demand transformation within Pacific churches.

“When all is said and done we are dealing with lives not ideals,” declared Rev Dr Fele Nokise – Principal of Pacific Theological College.  He went on to challenge the Pacific churches to choose change.

Last year, UnitingWorld made the decision and commitment to focus our Pacific program to working with the women’s organisations that are often recognised as the backbone of our Partner Churches. These organisations are strong and active groups that span from the forum of Church leadership through to the village congregations. Yet they are so often sidelined from what is seen as the ‘main’ function and work of the Church. In a preliminary meeting with women representatives from United Church in the Solomon Islands, the Kiribati Protestant Church, The Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu and the Congregational Christian Church in Tuvalu, the representatives were united in identifying Women’s Health and Well-being as a primary concern in all countries represented. This term encapsulates a reality often too difficult to articulate explicitly in the Pacific Church context but it has Gender-based Violence at the very core. Listening and learning from the wisdom and experience of these seasoned advocates is the starting point for UnitingWorld’s new Pacific initiative.

One of the recommendations to come out of our work with the PCC is the recognition that everyone has a role to play. For many years, issues of violence against women has been seen as a women’s issue and thus sidelined. The time seems ripe to call all to accept their role and responsibility in stopping this violence and bringing equality, dignity and respect for all people back into the core of Church identity and lived community.

During the time I spent with the PCC we started each day singing “Pacifika” together, a song that unites the Pacific Churches in celebration of God. Normally, as a palungi* in the Pacific, when the singing starts I sit to the side, not wanting to pollute the heavenly song with the random sounds I loosely call singing. But this time it’s different. I work beside my Pacific sister and brother advocates and now I stand and sing with them, day by day building the confidence to loudly add my voice, such as it is, in united song. A revelation becomes mine: when I join my voice with the volume and strength of those around me, it takes its place in the song, not hideously out of place, but playing a part in building the whole. UnitingWorld is ready to take our place, to stand with our Pacific Partners and work together to bring gender-based violence to an end and celebrate the dignity and equality afforded to all as made in the image of God.

The recommendations on gender equality and to address gender based violence will be brought to the PCC Generally Assembly next week. Together we speak, we hope and we pray.

*Palungi is the Tongan term for foreigner.

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By Bruce Mullan

Australia lacks Pacific focus

February 22nd, 2013

The Australian this week reported on a study suggesting the lack of Pacific focus is risking Australia’s influence.

Melbourne University research to be published this week reveals Australia has lost influence in the Pacific islands because of the government’s “short attention span” in relating to the region.

Jonathan Schultz, the author of the 250-page study, said: “Australia lacks a strong, long-term policy orientation in the Pacific, and our level of engagement therefore fluctuates wildly.”  As a result, “a pattern has emerged of repeated phases of invigorated engagement and stagnation.  We keep making similar mistakes and having to relearn the same lessons”.

He urged the appointment of a minister for the Pacific, “with greater departmental resources and a higher public profile” than the parliamentary secretary status accorded Richard Marles, who has that responsibility under the Gillard government.

The Coalition has in recent times – including in their platform for the last election – proposed to appoint a minister for overseas aid, a large proportion of which is deployed in the Pacific.

Schultz said Kevin Rudd “laid claim to instigating another new era in Australia’s relationships with the Pacific islands”, however, “this period of renewed engagement was short-lived, and rapidly gave way to another phase of stagnation”.

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By Bruce Mullan

Should rich countries compensate vulnerable communities for climate change damage?

December 7th, 2012

In a little-noticed paragraph in the agreement that came out of the Cancún, Mexico, talks in 2010, the need “to reduce loss and damage associated with climate change” was recognised by all countries. In legal terms, that potentially opens the door to compensation – or, as the negotiators in Doha say, “rehabilitation”.

Now, as ministers from 194 countries meet for their next conversations about climate change , “loss and damage” has become a key issue for more than 100 developing countries, led by the Alliance of Small Island States, the Least Developed Countries block and the African Group of Nations.”

To read more about the claims that rich countries should compensate vulnerable communities  for the “loss and damage” caused by events linked to Climate Change  go to http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/dec/03/climate-change-compensation-doha-talks

To support UnitingWorld’s Here and now, climate change response program in Tuvalu go to http://www.unitingworld.org.au/hereandnow/#readon.

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By Bruce Mullan

A New Ireland young man speaks about sea bed mining

October 26th, 2012
This is the speech presented by Mr. Oigen Schulze, team leader of New Ireland (PNG) -based NGO, Zero Inc. Here he is stating the position of people in his West Coast New Ireland community. This speech was presented on the 23rd of October at the Holiday Inn, where 24,000 signatures against experimental sea bed mining were presented to Hon. Gary Juffa, Oro Governor and Hon. Byron Chan, Minister for Mining.

My name is Oigen Schulze and I come from New Ireland Province. I am 26 years old and the president of a newly formed NGO based in New Ireland Province, Zero Inc. I come from the communities on the West coast who are well known for the “Shark Calling Festival”

The issue of Seabed Mining is a great threat to our communities on the West coast as the sea is not only our garden but it is a ritual ground consisting of several cultural stamps located in various areas along the Central New Ireland coastline.

The last three (3) years during the Shark calling Festivals it has been unusual for paddlers who have been unsuccessful with their catch. Since the granting of the prospecting license, the people have noticed differences in the sea. The water has been seen to be dusty and slightly murky making it impossible for divers in search of food.

In 2010 sightings of dead schools of tuna washed up ashore on the beaches of Kaluan Village. However due to transportation problems they could not bring samples up to Fisheries Authorities in Kavieng for testing.

The questions here lies are;-

1. What kind of exploration is Nautilus conducting?

2. Are they using machines, which we are unaware of the impacts it could cause to the marine life?

3. What guarantee do we have that the explorations taking place are not disturbing our marine eco-system?

4. Can we trust them that they are being transparent and not biased?

5. The sediments, which are causing the water to be dusty and murky, during calm weather… Could it be from the sea floor?

6. How is it possible for a school of dead fish to be spotted on the shores of West coast New Ireland when the zones in which RD’s fishing boats operate in, runs behind the Emirau and Mussau Islands and not between the shores of New Ireland and East New Britain?

I, as the voice of the communities in New Ireland request that this project be put to a stop as we do not really know what we are getting ourselves into. Majority of the population of island communities depend entirely on fisheries and marine resource for their livelihood and economic benefits. We are currently facing land shortage due to population boom and land grabbing issues, the sea is now our major source for future generations to sustain themselves if all else fails.

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By Bruce Mullan

Tribute to Rev Lu Piper PNG mission partner

October 12th, 2012

Moderator of the United Church in Papua New Guinea Rev Sir Samson Lowa paid a great tribute to Rev Lu Piper in his final report to the UCPNG Assembly.  This is what he said: 

“The return of Rev Lu Piper OA a the end of this year will end a missionary era.  Rev Lu Piper OA loved the people of PNG particularly those who were at Salamo with her.  Those she taught and those she befriended.  She came back to live her faith among our people.  She made a great difference to part of our church and our church in PIR has been greatly blessed.  Rev Lu Piper OA, may your God return you safely to your land and people, those who love to tell stories about PNG!”

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By Bruce Mullan

Vale Elizabeth Wood-Ellem

September 11th, 2012

The Tongan historian Dr Elizabeth Wood-Ellem (better known as Besi Wood) passed away on the evening of September 8 at St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Melbourne, two days before her 82nd birthday.

Elizabeth was born in Tonga as a daughter of Methodist missionaries Rev. A. Harold Wood and Dr Olive Wood who worked in Tonga from 1924 to 1937.  She spent her early years living with her parents and siblings at Tupou College, Nafualu, and remembered visits from both Queen Salote and Tungi Mailefihi and the mana that surrounded the Queen during the pre-War period.

Elizabeth’s early career was in publishing, working first in Sydney and then in London, where she developed meticulous copy-editing skills, before working as an archivist at the then Churchill College in Cambridge, England.

After 15 years abroad she returned to Australia and began research in 1974 for her doctoral thesis, on the dual leadership of Queen Salote and her consort Tungi Mailefihi, as Queen and Prime Minister.  Her doctorate was from the University of Melbourne.

By living in and frequent visits to Tonga over the following 34 years, she became intensely interested in Tongan society, and how it had changed since the death of Queen Salote in 1965.

The culmination of Elizabeth’s work was the publication of a biography, Queen Salote of Tonga: the story of an era 1900-1965 (1999, University of Auckland Press and University of Hawaii Press).  She delivered the historical biography after an enormous commitment to researching almost untouched archives in several countries and talking to many people, and it received very considerable academic and popular aclaim.

From an interest in Queen Salote’s oratory and writing, Elizabeth over many years supported a collaborative work to collect the songs and poems of the Queen.  She was a presenter and the editor of Songs & Poems of Queen Salote, (2004, Vava’u Press, Tonga).

“I learned not only about the paradise of my childhood (which is no paradise, but I cannot help being loving and wanting the best for Tonga), but my mind was stretched, and I made many friends, both Tongan and papalangi, in the course of researching, writing, releasing, and listening to responses about  [the books],” she later wrote.

In May 1977, while working in Tonga, Elizabeth survived the sinking of a small cabin cruiser while returning from a picnic on Malinoa Island.  She had been curious to visit the island where the men were shot for the attempt on the life of Shirley Baker.  On the way back three of the passengers were drowned while Elizabeth and several others, who had clung to parts of the wreckage praying, were rescued at night after many hours in the sea.  Her friends said she spoke often of the bravery of the men from ‘Atata who rescued the survivors, of the love and care she received from her Tongan friends, and the many kindnesses of strangers.  Elizabeth spent two weeks in hospital in Nuku’alofa recovering from her exposure in the sea.  She felt even more bound to Tonga after this experience, and considered she had been spared in order to do what she could.

Elizabeth lived in Victoria, Australia, where she was an honorary senior fellow in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne, and a respected mentor for students of Tongan studies, and for many Tongan students in Australia who, like all her many friends, benefitted from her personal kindness, generosity and intellectual acumen.  An esteemed Pacific historian, she had many other interests and was a keen member of the Uniting Church, in the last few years attending classes in theology at the MCD University of Divinity.  

Elizabeth continued to take an interest in all things Tongan and to write, until she was taken ill and admitted to hospital on September 5.

Her funeral, to be held at the Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, at 12 Noon Friday September 14, will be attended by a member of the Royal Family of Tonga.

From an obituary published by Matangi Tonga Online Copyright 2012 Vava’u Press.  Read the full text at http://matangitonga.to/2012/09/10/author-elizabeth-wood-ellem-dies-after-short-illness.

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By Bruce Mullan

Women in Pacific national parliaments

September 6th, 2012

In a recent speech at the Australian National University UN Women Executive Director on Gender Equality and Women’s Rights Michelle Bachelet spoke about the number or women represented in Pacific national parliaments.  This is from the text of her speech.

We know that here in the Pacific, with the exception of Australia and New Zealand, the representation of women in Parliament has the dubious distinction of being the lowest in the world, at only 3.5 per cent compared to 20 per cent globally.

Moreover, the majority of the parliaments in the world without any women at all or only one woman are here in the Pacific region. But the good news is that things are changing.

Three female candidates were recently elected to join the 9th Parliament of Papua New Guinea. The last woman, Julie Soso, is the first woman ever to be elected to parliament from the country’s Highlands region, an area known for its ‘big man’ politics. She is only the seventh woman ever to be elected to the parliament of Papua New Guinea.

Women were supported by a campaign called “Know Your Woman Candidate” that was launched in the country for this year’s national elections.

The campaign is the first of its kind in Papua New Guinea, and was spearheaded by the National Council of Women with support from UN Women. This generated a lot of interest in the country and we saw increased political support to women candidates like never before.

The Bill to bring the 22 reserve seats for women into the parliament in Papua New Guinea is still pending. And we look forward to continued momentum.

Progress is also underway in Samoa, where the Prime Minister last year proposed a 10 percent quota to be introduced for the next elections. And steps are being taken in Vanuatu to include 30 per cent representation of women at the municipal and provincial councils and national Parliament by 2015.

You can read the full text of Ms Bachelet’s speach at http://www.unwomen.org/2012/08/michelle-bachelet-spotlights-remarkable-australian-women-in-her-address-to-students-at-the-australian-national-university/

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