📢New piece! Fiji’s Supreme Court reshaped the rules of constitutional change. By affirming the 2013 Constitution but easing its rigid amendment hurdles, the Court kept the frame while opening the door to democratic reform: bit.ly/4mgT0fd ✍️ @mereoni.bsky.social & @romiteshkant.bsky.social

New article out in The Round Table: Fiji’s 2022 elections reconfigured—but didn’t dismantle—the masculinised foundations of power. How patriarchal authority survives reform by adapting + shapeshifting. Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Romitesh Kant, PhD scholar from our @anudpa.bsky.social, speaks to ABC about Fijian politician Lynda Tabuya and how cyberbullying is weaponised to silence Pacific women in politics. 🎧: quicklink.anu.edu.au/0979 @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

New open access article from @romiteshkant.bsky.social & me on how the 2013 Fiji constitution limits diversity & inclusion in politics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our perspective piece in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social provides 8 strategies for "Increasing Pacific Islander research and authorship in the academic literature". @romiteshkant.bsky.social @mereoni.bsky.social @rufinovarea.bsky.social Free to download: www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC25011

Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/AJBH.09.2025 @ausdictionarybiog.bsky.social @romiteshkant.bsky.social @anudpa.bsky.social @anu-chl.bsky.social @kteaiwa.bsky.social @amywayness.bsky.social @auswhn.bsky.social

Well worth a read. @mereoni.bsky.social and @romiteshkant.bsky.social paper on "The Pacific Ocean of peace: a promise or a paradox?" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"It is also scientifically illiterate. This is policy-making at its most arbitrary and self-defeating."

Exciting development for LBQ women & people in the Pacific. Through the work of DIVA for Equality networks, here are position papers for use of Govts, CROPs, dev agencies, UN, CSO & social movement. Our 1st-ever research by & for #LBQ human rights. Access policy briefs here: tinyurl.com/42yezkav

a problem is that a lot of men are too misogynistic to believe women, even if we plainly say it to their face.

when you stop reading "believe women" as "women never lie" and see it as "one of the foundational myths of patriarchy is that women can never be trusted" it makes a lot more sense.

Much of the money in this agreement climate negotiators reached in Baku will likely be structured as debt, even though, @zoeschlanger.bsky.social writes, that stands in the way of COP’s stated goals.

"The ICC’s intervention serves a critical purpose: to uphold the universal principles of humanity enshrined in international law. Accountability is essential to deterring future violations and ensuring justice for victims." — #AJOpinion by Refik Hodzic ⤵️

The newest version of the NCQG (read new #ClimateFinance goal) just released at #COP29 can be summarized in one word: Atrocious. Emphasizing urgency of action while failing to take it and offering up such a paltry number. Developing countries should walk out until developed countries get serious.

Western nations that sell arms to Israel may be forced to re-evaluate their trade agreements after the ICC arrest warrants against Israeli PM Netanyahu and ex-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” in Gaza, say experts ⤵️

In light of the ICC arrest warrants issued against Israeli PM Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, analyst Neve Gordon says there is “substantial” evidence of Israel using food as a method of war in Gaza. 🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/kz2x6n

🚨 New #COP29 climate finance text is out. A vague $1.3T target with no teeth, $250B in debt-creating finance, 0 commitment to end fossil fuels & no mention of #HumanRights nor #LossAndDamage. Rich countries are dodging climate responsibilities & vulnerable nations will again pay the price.

An international arrest warrant has been issued for Netanyahu. If you want him arrested, Like. If it needs to be right now, RT.

Thinking back on the legacy of the Biden/Harris administration and sincerely the only substantial thing that comes to mind is that they coordinated a genocide. Hard to see past that fact.

BREAKING: US Senate Resolution 111 that would block arms sales to Israel didn’t pass. The US is not only complicit in genoside. It is an active participant.

Resistance is a muscle that must be exercised regularly or it risks being weakened over time by forces who are pushing conformity to injustice.

The Palestinian resistance is currently articulating the clearest expression of anti-colonial dissent, of a national liberation movement that refuses to have its humanity cancelled, and its populations erased and sacrificed for the imperial core. mondoweiss.net/2024/11/pale...

Thank you for joining @romiteshkant.bsky.social and so lovely to be soaked with oceans of feminist analysis, politics, proposals and more. So very healing to organise and to discuss all these issues with the Pasifika collective and community.

As I write my PhD chapter on feminist and queer challenges to masculinities in Fiji, I’m inspired by this webinar featuring incredible, powerful Pacific feminists. Their work and resilience in challenging patriarchies in diff spaces are vital to our region’s justice movements.

Awesome Banaban human rights defenders at COP29

FEMINISTS PUSHING BACK AGAINST PATRIARCHY: PACIFIC WOMEN ORGANISING FOR JUSTICE. Mark the date as Pacific Feminists takes the space, 20 November, 12PM - 2PM Fiji Time. REGISTER HERE FOR THE WEBINAR: us06web.zoom.us/j/82073229834... #PacFemSRHRJ #PacificWomenExperts #FeministWebinar

My article on the coloniality of academic freedom and the Palestine exception still has free access. Check it out when you get a chance. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....