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The umbrella organisation for women's rights groups is Women United Together Marshall Islands (WUTMI), whose Executive Director was Kathryn Relang. [2] Relang worked on several projects, including: youth empowerment in the workplace; [ 3 ] providing support services for survivors of domestic violence; [ 4 ] raising awareness about legal rights ...
Mary Heine Lanwi (born February 22, 1921) is an educator, activist, and promotor of traditional handicrafts in the Marshall Islands. A female pioneer on the islands, she has been described as "perhaps the first Marshallese woman to begin employment outside the home."
World Heritage Sites; Site Image Location Year listed UNESCO data Description Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site: Ralik Chain: Cultural (iv) (vi) 2010 In the wake of World War II, in a move closely related to the beginnings of the Cold War, the United States of America decided to resume nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean, on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall archipelago.
In 1986, the Marshall Islands and the United States established an agreement called the Compact of Free Association, [5] according to which the archipelago attained its full sovereignty. The treaty allows United States to provide defense, "social services and other benefits to the Marshall Islands" in exchange for military bases on the islands.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands – sovereign Micronesian island nation located in the western North Pacific Ocean, north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia, and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island, to which it lays claim. [1]
Heine was the first woman to lead any sovereign country in Micronesia and the first person from the Marshall Islands to earn a doctorate. Prior to entering politics, she worked as a teacher and counselor at Marshall Islands High School and then as a women's rights activist with her organization Women United Together Marshall Islands.
Map from National Atlas of the United States. Kwajalein is the 14th largest coral atoll as measured by area of enclosed water. Comprising 97 islands and islets, it has a land area of 16.4 km 2 (6.3 sq mi) and surrounds one of the largest lagoons in the world, with an area of 2,174 km 2 (839 sq mi).
The United States invaded the Marshall Islands on January 31, 1944, during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign. The Americans simultaneously invaded Majuro and Kwajalein. [ 81 ] By autumn 1944, the Americans controlled all of the Marshall Islands, except for Jaluit, Maloelap, Mili, and Wotje. [ 82 ]