AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 minutes agoGirls, climate, and school access: Plan International Australia says the climate crisis is hitting girls hardest across the Pacific—fuel shortages, power cuts, and cyclone recovery are pushing girls out of school and into unpaid care and violence, with the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu both facing emergency conditions. Water security in the Pacific: The Blue Pacific Act is framed as a U.S.-Pacific push, while UNICEF data highlights how far many islands still are from clean water and sanitation targets—inequalities that raise the risk of diarrheal disease and malnutrition. Education leadership in RMI: Marshallese public school staff graduate with Master’s degrees in School Leadership at USP, with tuition supported through an ADB-funded quality education project. Regional climate justice push: St. Kitts and Nevis PM Terrance Drew calls for climate justice and stronger partnerships that include local communities, naming leaders from Palau and the Marshall Islands at the Berlin Climate Mobility Forum. Youth and democracy in the Pacific: A forum in Fiji hears that young people remain underrepresented in politics due to cultural hierarchies, age barriers, economic limits, and gender inequality—participants include the Marshall Islands. RMI water infrastructure delivery: Australia’s ADV Reliant delivered water storage cargo to remote Marshall Islands atolls for UNDP’s ACWA+ project, relying on community volunteers to move materials where wharves don’t exist.
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