'2020 is going to be my year': the push to elect women in Vanuatu, a nation with no female MPs
by Yasmine Bjornum in Port Vila from on (#50Q63)
As the south Pacific nation votes this week, there is a move to make sure women are among those elected
Motoralivoa Hilda Lini stands at the front door of Vanuatu's parliament, wearing an elegant pink dress and customary pig tusks on her wrists, signifying her chiefly status. When the Guardian apologises for being late, because we had been waiting on the street unaware it was possible to simply walk into parliament house, she replies: "Hemia ples blong yumi evriwan" - this place is for everyone.
Except it isn't. At least not at the moment.
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