The Foundation for the People of the South Pacific International (FSPI) is a regional agency based in Suva. FSPI’s project V&C: Gardening Good Governance and Democracy in the Pacific (V&C) is the subject of this review. The main objective of V&C is to address threats to peace and sustainable development by fostering or ‘gardening’ civil...

Nicole George asks whether new insights can be gained by differentiating between advocacy and activism when examining the work of civil society organisations in relation to gender equality. Focusing upon the ways in which women's organisations in Fiji approach issues of gender equality, she contrasts strategies employed in the 1960s and 1970s with those adopted...