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“My conflict prevention work is linked to the “Conflict prevention is linked to the way
communities where I work. It is ensuring we development programmes and services are
have responsive community based mechanisms delivered to communities. That includes
to support conflict prevention in community, ensuring communities in rural and remote
in schools, in church, in parliament because areas have access to information, education,
there’s conflict anywhere, everywhere even health and wellbeing- when these things are
within the families, the workplace” not available people are frustrated, they feel
Vanessa Heleta, Founder/Director of the Talitha anger.”
Project (Tonga) and GPPAC Pacific Regional James Laki, Executive Director, Peace
Steering Group Chairperson Foundation Melanesia, Papua New Guinea
“The work that we do everyday in Vois Blong
Mere is empowering women to raise their
voices and to have access to economic, health
education or environment information that will
help them to make informed choices in their
own development. I would say that the work I “By using community media, the GPPAC
do everyday is all about implementing 1325 and Pacific network borought Pacific voice
helping women to access information. With the and experience into the regional Conflight
launch of the National Action Plan for Women, Prevention and Human Security framework,
Peace and Security we will continue with our the Pacific Regional Action Plan on Women,
advocacy and awareness on the human security Peace and Security and the Security Sector
aspects of peace in Solomon ISlands, because Governance Principles. But we also expect
peace is not only when there is RAMIS or when these commitments to be transformed
there is a police force in place, but when you to a lived reality. Our governments need
are peaceful and secure everyday.” to be more accountable to a human
Josephine Teakeni, Director, security approach by linking conflict
Voice Blong Mere Solomons prevention particularly to the development
process. We also still need, and expect
renewed collaboration with regional inter-
governmental processes to bring Pacific
Peacebuilders, including women, to the table
with government officials.”
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls,
femLINKpacific & Chairperson - GPPAC
Board
