A new University of Western Sydney report on the Honiara Central Market vendors and consumers is now available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324497927_Food_Security_in_Solomon_Islands_A_Survey_of_Honiara_Central_Market_Preliminary_Report_Acknowledgements The report provides a useful snapshot of many food security issues for the capital city of Solomon Islands including transport, gender and income, supply and demand for produce. Led by Dr Nichole Georgeou, University of Western … Read more →

Working for the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs of the Solomon Islands, Dr Anouk Ride is collaborating with local researchers on the first social marketing research about attitudes to violence against women and girls to be conducted in the Pacific Islands region. The pilot study will be complete in March 2018, and … Read more →

Dr Anouk Ride is now an Adjunct Professor of University of Western Sydney, with the Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative HADRI. HADRI has three main thematic research areas, all of which intersect: Disaster Response and Management International Migration and Health Interventions, Conflict Resolution, State-building and Peace-building More information about HADRI: https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/ssap/ssap/research/humanitarian_and_development_research_initiative

The šCommunity Governance and Grievance Management Project of the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (with funding from World Bank) is currently preparing an analysis of and strategy for gender and social inclusion in local conflict resolution, drafted by Dr Anouk Ride. The project aims to strengthen community grievance management capabilities and enhance the … Read more →

UNDP commissioned a national report, Status of Youth in Solomon Islands, which was drafted by Dr Anouk Ride in 2017. The report and its recommendations is currently undergoing revision following feedback from the National Youth Forum in February and a Stakeholders Consultation in May and is due to be released later this year. This report … Read more →

PERSONAL MESSAGE: After working for the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA www.pnatuna.com) for the past seven years, my consultancy with PNA to provide communications, strategic advice, event coordination and archives support has finally come to a close. Its been a great pleasure to work with the PNA, a unique example of indigenous people managing … Read more →

In December 2016, Anouk Ride was selected to participate in a workshop designed to assist early career female academics to identify strategies and opportunities to advance their career. With a rousing keynote from reknowned law academic Hillary Charlesworth, facilitation by historian Joy Damousi, and dozens of sessions sharing knowledge of female researchers and lecturers, the … Read more →

Told through the voices of local community leaders, “Community Resilience in Natural Disasters” by Dr Anouk Ride and Prof. Diane Bretherton analyzes how communities respond to natural disasters and how outsiders contribute positively – or negatively – to their response, promoting debate on the role of aid and the media in times of crisis. A … Read more →

Save the Children Australia’s Solomon Islands office is undertaking a groundbreaking project on alcohol and violence entitled: “Supporting Youth in Dealing with Alcohol Use to Reduce Violence against Women and Children in Solomon Islands” (abbreviated as the Youth and Alcohol Project). In June 2016, the office commissioned a gender analysis regarding alcohol and violence which … Read more →

The book entitled “The Grand Experiment” follows the story of two Indigenous boys – Conaci and Dirimera – that were the first Indigenous people from Australia to travel to Italy in the 1800s. Since the publication of the book in 2007, there have been several moves towards reconciliation regarding this issue – the story was … Read more →