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Gender & COVID - Part III: Working the 'Intentional Invisibility Syndrome' to your advantage

Gender & COVID - Part III: Working the 'Intentional Invisibility Syndrome' to your advantage

Gender & COVID - Part III: Working the 'Intentional Invisibility Syndrome' to your advantage

In my previous blog I spoke of privilege, the 'Invisible Advantage' and 'Intentional Invisibility'. In the Pacific, as is the case across...

Jun 2, 20214 min read

Gender & COVID - Part II: The 'Intentional Invisibility Syndrome'

Gender & COVID - Part II: The 'Intentional Invisibility Syndrome'

Gender & COVID - Part II: The 'Intentional Invisibility Syndrome'

In my previous blog, I spoke of International Women's Day (or IWD) in retrospect and the changes that have happened this year alone. They...

Jun 2, 20214 min read

Gender & COVID - Part I: IWD21 in retrospect

Gender & COVID - Part I: IWD21 in retrospect

Gender & COVID - Part I: IWD21 in retrospect

2021: I really DID have high hopes for this year - not that I thought COVID would be over, but I hoped that we would be coming over the...

Jun 2, 20212 min read

BGM's Crochet Niche

BGM's Crochet Niche

BGM's Crochet Niche

Yes to new hobbies! I've always side-eyed my mum growing up, while she crocheted everything from table covers to throw rugs to tiny...

Feb 18, 20212 min read

Courting kleptocracy - Part II: Implementation

Courting kleptocracy - Part II: Implementation

Courting kleptocracy - Part II: Implementation

In my previous blog, I spoke about the translation of kleptocracy and used a case study of a fictional market vendor I called Mary to...

Feb 16, 20214 min read

Courting kleptocracy - Part I: Translation

Courting kleptocracy - Part I: Translation

Courting kleptocracy - Part I: Translation

In my country (as is the case globally), every political choice our leaders make is simultaneously an economic act for the development...

Feb 16, 20213 min read

Alternates to 'I love you'

Alternates to 'I love you'

Alternates to 'I love you'

In the furor since Valentine's Day, I thought this would be something nice to reflect on. As a control freak, who's slightly OCD and a...

Feb 16, 20212 min read

What is your ultimate toxic trait?

What is your ultimate toxic trait?

What is your ultimate toxic trait?

Many of my blogs are reflections and thoughts I've written down over the years in a million notebooks and I've finally put my foot down...

Feb 15, 20214 min read

Recent Purchase: Kuza string bag

Recent Purchase: Kuza string bag

Recent Purchase: Kuza string bag

In this blog, I’d like to talk about a recent purchase I made and the reason behind it. Last year, I was in my home province for work,...

Sep 3, 20202 min read

Trends that Inspire Me: The High-Bun

Trends that Inspire Me: The High-Bun

Trends that Inspire Me: The High-Bun

I cannot begin my fashion blog series, without starting with a nod to my signature look. After a series of fashion disasters - cue: The...

Sep 3, 20203 min read

Minding the Gap

Minding the Gap

Minding the Gap

In this blog, I wanted to discuss the insecurities of a young Pacific woman - particularly those of one that has recently graduated and...

Aug 10, 20205 min read

Social Quotients

Social Quotients

Social Quotients

In previous blogs, I wrote about the pervasive and negative consequences of domestic violence in our societies. Today I wanted to delve a...

Jul 12, 20206 min read

My Eight Essential Sinking Funds

My Eight Essential Sinking Funds

My Eight Essential Sinking Funds

In my previous blog, I explained what Sinking Funds were. As mentioned, I found these to be an important way for me to utilise my money...

Jul 12, 202010 min read

Seize the Means: Sinking Funds 101

Seize the Means: Sinking Funds 101

Seize the Means: Sinking Funds 101

Ever been hit with a massive bill that you weren’t quite prepared for? Cue, your car going in for a regular three-monthly service - and...

Jul 12, 20203 min read

The Debt Snowball Method

The Debt Snowball Method

The Debt Snowball Method

The Debt Snowball Method is one that I've personally found to be the easiest way to pay off debt. It may/may not be similar for you, so...

Jul 10, 20208 min read

Comes the Dawn

Comes the Dawn

Comes the Dawn

— Jo Anne Kurman After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul, And you learn that love...

Jul 9, 20201 min read

Shaped by Circumstance?

Shaped by Circumstance?

Shaped by Circumstance?

Living in Honiara for most of my teens and now young adult life, I treasure my home, and roots to my community and people. My tropical...

Jul 5, 20204 min read

Dear Planet Earth

Dear Planet Earth

Dear Planet Earth

-Kami Marland Gilmour "Dear Planet Earth and Fellow Human Beings… I’ve often wondered what would happen if the world experienced an...

Jul 2, 20202 min read

The Pacific’s largest untapped reservoirs

The Pacific’s largest untapped reservoirs

The Pacific’s largest untapped reservoirs

As a young Pacific millennial, through my own upbringing, education and professional involvement, I have found that my generation - and i...

Jul 2, 20203 min read

The Brain Dump

The Brain Dump

The Brain Dump

Today I thought I'd share one of my favourite mental organisational techniques, that I've learnt to use whenever I come up against the...

Jul 1, 20206 min read

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Reflections on the nature of poverty: views from the Solomon Islands

Empowering women in Solomon Islands

Markets for Change (M4C) Promo

A New Future: Improving Infrastructure and Disaster Preparedness

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