1. An Overview of Women in Pacific Island Populations and Politics Danielle King BPW Leadership Conference October 25 2012

2. POPULATION: 15,324 (2006) Female Population: 7,667 50% Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Bicameral Parliament Lower House Seats/ Seats held by women: 24/1 Upper House Seats/ Seats held by women: 14/? Year of Universal Suffrage: 1893 (NZ) Year of First Woman Elected: 1965

3. Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Unicameral Congress Seats/ Seats held by women: 14/0 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1979 Year of First Woman Elected: not yet… POPULATION: 102,624 (2006) Female Population: 50,456 49%

4. POPULATION: 837,271 (2007) Female Population: 417,344 50% Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Bicameral Parliament (suspended in 2006) House Seats/ Seats held by women: 71/8 (in 2006) Senate Seats/ Seats held by women: 32/5 (in 2006) Year of Universal Suffrage: 1963 Year of First Woman Elected: 1970

5. POPULATION: 259,706 (2007) Female Population: 132,882 51% Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Unicameral Territorial Assembly Seats/ Seats held by women: 57/24 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1945 Year of First Woman Elected: ?

6. POPULATION: 159,358 (2010) Female Population: 0% Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT, United Airlines Type of Government: Unicameral Legislature ( Liheslaturan Guåhan) Seats/ Seats held by women: 15/1 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1920 (US) Year of First Woman Elected: 1981

7. POPULATION: 103,500 (2010) Female Population: 0% Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Unicameral Parliament (Maneaba Ni Maungatabu) Seats/ Seats held by women: 46/4 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1967 Year of First Woman Elected: 2007

8. Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Unicameral Legislature (Nitijela) Seats/ Seats held by women: 33/1 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1979 Year of First Woman Elected: 1993 POPULATION: 50,840 (1999) Female Population: 26,771 53%

9. POPULATION: 9,233 (2006) Female Population: 5,010 54% Largest Employers: GOVERNMENT, Nauru Phosphate Company Type of Government: Unicameral Parliament Seats/ Seats held by women: 18/0 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1968 Year of First Woman Elected: 1986

10. Largest Employer: Société Le Nickel (nickel mining) Type of Government: Unicameral Territorial Congress Seats/ Seats held by women: 54/24 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1945 (FR) Year of First Woman Elected: POPULATION: 245,580 (2009) Female Population: 124,619 51%

11. Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Unicameral Legislative Assembly Seats held by women: 20/3 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1893 (NZ) Year of First Woman Elected: 2008 POPULATION: 1,625 (2006) Female Population: 738 45%

12. Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Bicameral Legislature House Seats/ Seats held by women: 20/0 Senate Seats/ Seats held by women: 9/0 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1920 (US) Year of First Woman Elected: ? POPULATION: 53,883 (2010) Female Population: 0%

13. Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Bicameral National Congress (Olbiil Era Kelulau) House Seats/ Seats held by women: 16/2 Senate Seats/ Seats held by women: 9/2 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1979 Year of First Woman Elected: 1996 POPULATION: 19,907 (2005) Female Population: 9,589 48%

14. Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Unicameral National Parliament Seats/ Seats held by women: 50/1 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1974 Year of First Woman Elected: 1989 POPULATION: 515,870 (2009) Female Population: 266,676 52%

15. Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Unicameral General Fono Seats/ Seats held by women: 20/0 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1893 (NZ) Year of First Woman Elected: not yet…. POPULATION: 1,466 (2006) Female Population: 730 50%

16. Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Unicameral Legislative Assembly (Fale Alea) Seats/ Seats held by women: 32/1 (appointed) Year of Universal Suffrage: 1960 Year of First Woman Elected: 2010 - appointed POPULATION: 103,036 (2011) Female Population: 51,035 50%

17. Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Unicameral Parliament (Fale I Fono) Seats/ Seats held by women: 15/1 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1967 Year of First Woman Elected: 1989 POPULATION: 9,561 (2002) Female Population: 5,625 59%

18. Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Unicameral Parliament Seats/ Seats held by women: 52/1 Year of Universal Suffrage: 1980 Year of First Woman Elected: 1987 POPULATION: 234,023 (2009) Female Population: 123,221 53%

19. Largest Employer: GOVERNMENT Type of Government: Unicameral Territorial Assembly Seats/ Seats held by women: 20/? Year of Universal Suffrage: 1945 (FR) Year of First Woman Elected: ? POPULATION: 13,445 (2008) Female Population: 6,647 49%

22. Website: Pacific Women in Politicswww.pacwip.org/www.pacwip.org/ Website: Inter-Parliamentary Union www.ipu.org/www.ipu.org/ Website: Secretariat of the Pacific Community Statistics for Developmentwww.spc.int/sdp/www.spc.int/sdp/ Website: Nationmaster www.nationmaster.com/www.nationmaster.com/