Small Islands Developing States IGF 2021 round table session report
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Small Islands Developing States IGF 2021 round table session report

By Maureen Hilyard DYNAMIC COALITION ON SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES IN THE INTERNET ECONOMYDC-SIDS IGF 2021 SESSION: THE PANDEMIC INTERNET: ENSURING SIDS DO NOT FALL BEHIND (Thursday 9 December 2021) Maureen Hilyard (Cook Islands) – DC-SIDS Pacific Co-Chair, ALAC Chair, DotAsia Board Chair, DNS Abuse Institute Advisory Council member, former PICISOC Board Chair PACIFIC SPEAKERS…

Pacific IGF 2021 Events Coordinators
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Pacific IGF 2021 Events Coordinators

Meet the lovely ladies, Mele Manitisa and Florida Tumulango who are currently putting together the Pacific IGF’s first hybrid virtual meeting: Pacific IGF 2021 and APTLD which is taking place from 6 – 9th September, 2021. Mele Manitisa is from Tonga, her experience as a Pacific Islander studying and working in New Zealand has helped her…

Pacific Leadership in Internet Governance
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Pacific Leadership in Internet Governance

Written by Maureen Hilyard Board members of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC): 2018–2020 COVID-19 created great upheaval globally but throughout and continuing, the Pacific continues to demonstrate the resiliency that has developed over years of overcoming the many natural disasters that are a constant for the many island communities within the…

DC-SIDS meet at the Global Internet Governance Forum

DC-SIDS meet at the Global Internet Governance Forum

By Maureen Hilyard DYNAMIC COALITION OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (DC-SIDS) IN THE INTERNET ECONOMY IGF SESSION REPORT — FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER, 2020 After a welcome by Tracy Hackshaw (Caribbean) and Maureen Hilyard (Pacific)- co-founders of DC-SIDS, a short tribute to the memory of Marilyn Cade was presented to acknowledge a special women who gave…