DPA In Briefs (previously Briefing Notes)

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The Bougainville Referendum: Lessons for the Future
(Canberra, ACT: Dept. of Pacific Affairs, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, 2020) Baker, Kerryn; Oppermann, Thiago
In late 2019, a non-binding referendum on the future political status of Bougainville was held. A team of researchers from The Australian National University and the University of Papua New Guinea observed the referendum, including the polling and counting processes. The Bougainville referendum of 2019 was conducted in a social setting of great community involvement, with robust polling procedures and generally effective administration and implementation. Whilst there were some minor shortcomings in compliance and isolated security concerns, as an exercise in polling in a Melanesian context, it was exemplary. It met international standards of free, fair and credible polling practices. This In Brief will explore potential lessons from this referendum for future elections in Bougainville and elsewhere in Melanesia.
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The Election of Josephine Getsi - Making Political History in Bougainville
(Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, 2015) Baker, Kerryn; Oppermann, Thiago Cintra
In May–June 2015, the third Bougainville election since the establishment of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) was held. The ABG, inaugurated in 2005, is a result of the peace agreement that ended the decade-long Bougainville conflict in 2001. There was a great deal of interest in the 2015 election within Bougainville and internationally, as it marked the beginning of a fiveyear window during which the peace agreement mandates that a referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea be held. The government sworn in on 15 June will have much responsibility in a crucial period for Bougainville, Papua New Guinea and the wider region.
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Experiences of Female Candidates in the 2017 Papua New Guinea General Election
(Canberra, ACT: Dept. of Pacific Affairs, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, 2017) Baker, Kerryn
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The Highest Glass Ceiling - Women, Politics and Executive Power in the Pacific
(Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, 2016) Baker, Kerryn
This In Brief looks at the significance of Heine’s achievement in the context of the study of Pacific women in politics.
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Improving Women's Electoral Chances through an Evidence-Based Approach: Bridging Resourcing Gaps
(Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, 2016) Baker, Kerryn
This is the sixth In Brief of a series of eight developed as background papers for a three-day workshop titled ‘Improving women’s electoral chances through an evidence-based approach’, hosted by the Centre for Democratic Institutions and the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program at the Australian National University in Canberra, June 2016. The In Briefs are designed to accompany the workshop synthesis report.
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Improving Women's Electoral Chances through an Evidence-Based Approach: Temporary Special Measures and Institutional Approaches
(Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, 2016) Baker, Kerryn
This is the third In Brief of a series of eight developed as background papers for a three-day workshop titled ‘Improving women’s electoral chances through an evidence-based approach’, hosted by the Centre for Democratic Institutions and the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program at the Australian National University in Canberra, June 2016. The In Briefs are designed to accompany the workshop synthesis report.
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Improving Women's Electoral Chances through an Evidence-Based Approach: Women's Political Participation - Electoral Trends
(Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, 2016) Baker, Kerryn
his is the first In Brief of a series of eight developed as background papers for a three-day workshop titled ‘Improving women’s electoral chances through an evidence-based approach’, hosted by the Centre for Democratic Institutions and the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program at the Australian National University in Canberra, June 2016. The In Briefs are designed to accompany the workshop synthesis report.
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Improving Women's Electoral Chances through an Evidence-Based Approach: Women's Political Participation - Post-Election Issues
(Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, 2016) Baker, Kerryn
This is the last In Brief of a series of eight developed as background papers for a three-day workshop titled ‘Improving women’s electoral chances through an evidence-based approach’, hosted by the Centre for Democratic Institutions and the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program at the Australian National University in Canberra, June 2016. The In Briefs are designed to accompany the workshop synthesis report.
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Key Findings of the Pacific Attitudes Survey: Vanuatu
(Dept. of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, The Australian National University, 2024-09-03) Mudaliar, Christopher; Leach, Michael; Baker, Kerryn; Barbara, Julien; Vaha, Milla; Kotra, Krishna Kumar; Leodoro, Trevor
The Pacific Attitudes Survey: Vanuatu gauges the views of a nationally representative sample of ni- Vanuatu across a range of thematic topics, including how citizens engage with and trust their political institutions; their understandings of democracy and tradition; and attitudes towards key issues like climate change and labour mobility. This is the second Pacific Attitudes Survey (PAS), following the first survey in Samoa.
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A Watershed Moment, or Business as Usual? Female Candidates and Quota Implementation in the 2016 Samoan Election
(Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, 2016) Baker, Kerryn
The 2016 general election was the first ever held in Samoa using a constitutionally mandated minimum guaranteed level of women’s representation. The ‘safety net’ gender quota meant that if fewer than five women were elected, additional women members of parliament (MPs) would be appointed to ensure there was a minimum of five. These additional members would be the highest-polling (by percentage) unsuccessful women candidates.
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Widows and Wives in Pacific Politics: A Reliable Pathway for Women?
(Canberra, ACT: Dept. of Pacific Affairs, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, 2020) Baker, Kerryn; Palmieri, Sonia
Understanding women’s pathways to political leadership remains a critical area of academic and public policy focus in the Pacific. In this In Brief, Baker and Palmieri consider an alternate and potentially rather ‘macabre’ pathway (Kincaid 1978), albeit one which sheds light on the cultural and political economies of elections in the Pacific and which they believe requires further elucidation: the election of wives and widows of former members of parliament.
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Women MPs in Samoa and Kiribati
(Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, 2013) Baker, Kerryn; Shiu, Roannie Ng; Corbett, Jack
It is established that the percentage of women elected to parliament in the Pacific region is amongst the lowest in the world. In this paper the authors do not revisit debates about why this is the case, but identify a common profile of successful women MPs in the Pacific by looking at two countries where they have been relatively well represented — Samoa and Kiribati. In doing so, they identify a number of characteristics that do matter for women MPs.
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Women's Representation and the Question of Temporary Special Measures in Tuvalu
(Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, 2014) Molotii, Asita; Baker, Kerryn; Corbett, Jack
The Pacific region is (in)famous for its low numbers of female members of parliament (MPs) (Baker 2014). In response, policymakers and academics are increasingly asking whether temporary special measures (TSM) could alter this trend, if they are appropriate, and what form they should take. Since ratifying the international Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women in 1999, Tuvalu is one of a growing number of countries considering TSM as a way to boost the representation of women in parliament. In this In Brief we canvas some of the options being contemplated and consider how a process of institutional reform might take place.
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Women's Representation and the Use of Reserved Seats in Bougainville
(Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, 2014) Baker, Kerryn
The Autonomous Region of Bougainville currently has the Pacific's only parliamentary reserved seats for women system. While the system guarantees a minimum level of representation for women in the Bougainville House of Representatives, concerns have been raised that the reserved seats act as a ceiling for women's representation and prevent women from successfully contesting other seats (CS/PIF 2005; Kelly 2010). This In Brief draws on fieldwork conducted in September 2013. I conducted qualitative interviews in Buka, Arawa and Port Moresby, including with the three current women members of the House of Representatives (MHRs), two of the three previous women MHRs, unsuccessful women candidates, the women representatives on the Bougainville Constitutional Commission, and representatives from church and women's groups.
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Women's Under-Representation and Special Measures in the Tongan Parliament
(Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, 2015) Baker, Kerryn
After the 2014 general election, Tonga now joins five other states (three of which are also in the Pacific Islands region) in having no female members of their lower or single house of parliament. Since Tongan women won the right to vote and stand as candidates in 1951, there have been only seven women parliamentarians — four women elected as people’s representatives, and three appointed to parliament by the king or the prime minister.

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