Pacific policy pathways: Young women online and offline

AUTHOR(S)
Tait Brimacombe
Communication

Scholars such as Naila Kabeer (2011, 2012) and Srilatha Batliwala (2008) have recognised the power of association and collective action for women’s movements in their pursuit of transformational change, as well as the more intrinsic impact that this relationship-building and solidarity can have on participants. In this chapter, the author explores these themes through an ethnographic case study of the Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Alliance (PYWLA), their participation at the 12th Triennial Conference in 2013 and their engagement with both online and offline (face-to-face) communication platforms. It is suggested that recent technological advances throughout the Pacific region have helped generate new regional, international and indeed virtual avenues for participation and dialogue— including through increasingly popular social media platforms. Using the example of the PYWLA, the author analyses some of the preliminary ways in which these emerging technologies are being utilised alongside broader, more conventional processes of face-to-face collective action and policy engagement. This chapter is based on data collected as part of a broader, multi-sited PhD research project over the course of 2013.

Research Type(s)
Book Chapter
Submitted by Almah Tararia
March 21, 2022
Published in
2017
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