Australia Day 2022
Photo: Aerial view of 12 Apostles, Victoria, Australia - ©Ank Kumar/Wikimedia Commons
Ellen, a soil scientist at SPC: “There is a bigger role for Pacific women to play in the scientific world”
“Honestly, I can't get enough of it. Everyone else goes and sleeps in their bunks and I sleep out on the fish box. It's my favorite place.“
"I grew up surrounded by flowers and crops. Now I run the largest plant gene bank in the Pacific"
Gina Jones- From water child to disaster response specialist
Gina Jones working alongside her colleague in the PIEMA Project office at SPC, Fiji.
Gina Jones
Gina Jones is a Regional Disaster Management Specialist with the Geosciences, Energy & Maritime Division of the Pacific Community (SPC), a position is supported by RedR (DFAT).
Tom Brewer
Tom is a quantitative social scientist who has worked in the Pacific region for over a decade. Most of his work has been based in Solomon Islands, focused on coastal fisheries livelihoods, including local-level management and conservation. In this work…
Fijian Partners In Time
*This article was originally published on the GEAReD Global website on July 28 2021.*
Two Fijian women. Two Meryl Williams Fellows. Two perspectives on gender equity.
Since the Meryl Williams Fellowship brought them together in 2020 Mere Naivola and…