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Women Of Tuvalu
Women in Tuvalu continue to maintain a traditional Polynesia#Culture, Polynesian culture within a predominantly Christian society. Tuvaluan cultural identity is sustained through an individual's connection to their home island. In the traditional community system in Tuvalu, each family has its own task, or ''salanga'', to perform for the community. The skills of a family are passed on from parents to children. The women of Tuvalu participate in the traditional music of Tuvalu and in the creation of the art of Tuvalu including using cowrie and other shells in traditional handicrafts. There are opportunities of further education and paid employment with non-government organisations (NGOs) and government enterprises, education and health agencies being the primary opportunities for Tuvaluan women. The number of women holding positions of Assistant Secretaries in government departments has increased from 20% in 2012 to nearly 50% in 2014. Also at the nine Island Kaupule (Local Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Association Football
Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries, and about 200 national teams participate internationally. The same rules, known as the Laws of the Game, are used for both women's and men's football. After the "first golden age" of women's football occurred in the United Kingdom in the 1920s, with one match attracting over 50,000 spectators, the Football Association instituted a ban from 1921 to 1970 in England that disallowed women's football on the grounds used by its member clubs. In many other nations, female footballers faced similarly hostile treatment and bans by male-dominated organisations. In the 1970s, international women's football tournaments were extremely popular, and the oldest surviving continental championship was founded, the AFC Women's Asian Cup. However, a woman did not speak at the FIFA Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariki
An ariki (New Zealand, Cook Islands), ꞌariki ( Easter Island), aliki (Tokelau, Tuvalu), ali‘i (Samoa, Hawai‘i), ari'i (Society Islands, Tahiti), Rotuma) aiki or hakaiki ( Marquesas Islands), akariki (Gambier Islands) or ‘eiki (Tonga) is or was a member of a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia. New Zealand Political leadership or governance in Māori society has traditionally come from two overlapping groups of people – the and the . The are the "persons of the highest rank and seniority". As the "high-ranking first-born children of first-born children", inherit their positions from their forebears. In particular, their "supreme rank omesfrom the conjunction of a number of senior descent lines from founding ancestors, and ultimately from the gods". Their combines hereditary, personal and theocratic elements. In Māori culture were men or women. A modern example of a woman in this leadership role is Te Atairangikaahu () the paramount head or Māori Quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milikini Failautusi
Milikini Failautusi (born 2 February 1990) is an activist from Tuvalu in the areas of youth, climate change, gender, human rights, indigenous rights, and sexual reproductive health and rights. Failautusi is the coordinator of the Tuvalu National Youth Council and a member of the Pacific Youth Council, Pacific Climate Warriors and the Pacific Young Women Leadership Alliance. She represented Tuvalu at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific meeting in Bangkok in 2014. In 2014 Failautusi said that cultural issues are preventing women of Tuvalu Women in Tuvalu continue to maintain a traditional Polynesia#Culture, Polynesian culture within a predominantly Christian society. Tuvaluan cultural identity is sustained through an individual's connection to their home island. In the traditio ... from working in equal partnership with men. For example, women cannot be appointed as an aliki (chief). She is quoted as saying " en it comes to cultures, wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falekaupule
The Falekaupule on each of the Islands of Tuvalu is the traditional assembly of elders or ''te sina o fenua'' (literally: "grey-hairs of the land" in the Tuvaluan language). Under the Falekaupule Act (1997), the powers and functions of the ''Falekaupule'' are now shared with the ''Kaupule'' on each island, which is the executive arm of the ''Falekaupule'', whose members are elected. The ''Kaupule'' has an elected president - ''pule o kaupule''; an appointed treasurer - ''ofisa ten tupe''; and is managed by a committee appointed by the ''Kaupule''. The Falekaupule Act (1997) defines the ''Falekaupule'' to mean "traditional assembly in each island ... composed in accordance with the Aganu of each island". ''Aganu'' means traditional customs and culture. The ''Falekaupule'' on each island has existed from time immemorial and continues to act as the local government of each island. Generally men aged 50 years, and on some islands men aged 60 years, do most of the talking and decision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Pacific Mini Games
The 2017 Pacific Mini Games were held in Port Vila, Vanuatu, in December 2017. It was the tenth edition of the Pacific Mini Games, and the second to be hosted in Vanuatu (after 1993 South Pacific Mini Games, the 1993 games). Host selection Vanuatu was awarded the right to host the games at a September 2011 meeting of the Pacific Games Council's General Assembly. Nauru and the Northern Mariana Islands were the other countries to bid. The event was originally planned for September 2017 but preparations were delayed by Cyclone Pam. Both rounds of voting took place on the 4 September 2011 with Nauru eliminated after the first round. In the final round, Vanuatu edged Northern Mariana Islands by 4 votes to earn hosting rights. Venues *Korman Stadium, Korman Sports Complex **Archery field - Archery **Stadium - Athletics, Football, Rugby sevens, Opening and closing ceremonies **Indoor Hall 1 - Boxing, Table tennis **Indoor Hall 2 - Basketball 3×3, Judo, Karate, Netball **Beach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuvalu At The 2012 Summer Olympics
Tuvalu ( ) is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (which belong to the Solomon Islands), northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna, and north of Fiji. Tuvalu is composed of three reef islands and six atolls spread out between the latitude of 5° and 10° south and between the longitude of 176° and 180°. They lie west of the International Date Line. The 2022 census determined that Tuvalu had a population of 10,643, making it the second-least populous country in the world, behind Vatican City. Tuvalu's total land area is . The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians arriving as part of the migration of Polynesians into the Pacific that began about three thousand years ago. Long before European contact with the Pacific islands, Polynesians frequently voyag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuvalu At The 2011 World Championships In Athletics
Tuvalu competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea. A team of 2 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. Results Men Women References External linksOfficial local organising committee website {{Nations at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics Nations at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics |
Tuvalu At The 2009 World Championships In Athletics ...
Tuvalu competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 2 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Results Men Women References External linksEntry list European Athletic Association (2009-07-30). Retrieved on 2009-08-16.Official competition website {{Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics World Championships in Athletics 2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuvalu At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Tuvalu competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. This was the nation's first ever appearance in an Olympic Game. The delegation included two track and field athletes and one weightlifter. Okilani Tinilau and Asenate Manoa participated in athletics while Logona Esau participated in the weightlifting sport. Both track and field athletes achieved national records. Logona Esau led the Tuvaluan squad as the nation's flag bearer in the parade of nations. Background The nation of Tuvalu is a Polynesian island nation, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia. A former colony of Great Britain, the island nation became fully independent within The Commonwealth in 1978. The nation had a population of 11,992 as of 2008. Tuvalu's international participation in sports has been limited, however weightlifter Logona Esau won the nation's first international competition medal during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuvalu At The 2015 Pacific Games
Tuvalu competed at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea from 4 to 18 July 2015. Nakibae Kitisane was the Chef de Mission. Tuvalu listed 101 competitors as of 4 July 2015. Four competitors qualified for two sports. Tuvalu was ranked 19th at the Games, with 4 medals (1 gold - 0 silver - 3 bronze). Telupe Iosefa received the first ever gold medal won by Tuvalu at the Pacific Games in the powerlifting 120 kg male division. Athletics Tuvalu qualified 7 athletes in track and field: ;Women * Telesita Tusitala (Discus - best throw 25.81 metres - placed 6th) ;Men * Pouesi Kofe (Javelin - best throw 44.96 metres - placed 9th) * Etimoni Timuani (100 metres - disqualified after false start in heat) * Vaiuli Nukualofa * Mafoa Perci Petaia * Telito Filoimea Telito Parasport ;Men * Iosefatu Joe Utime Beach volleyball Tuvalu qualified 4 athletes in beach volleyball. The women played in Pool A of the competition and lost all the games in the preliminary roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
