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Making Our Families Safe Through Collective Action at the Provincial Level
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In Solomon Islands, the Safe Families project strives to create a country where family and sexual violence is no longer considered acceptable behaviour. It is taking an innovative...
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The Importance of Non-State Actors in Progressing Gender Equality
Pacific Women Lead Publications
As a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), FSM reports regularly to the CEDAW Committee on the country’s progress towards...
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Gender Affairs Department Representation at the Universal Periodic Review
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The United Nations Universal Periodic Review is a mechanism to examine the human rights performance of its member states. Tuvalu was examined during the 30th session of the Universal...
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Publishing Gender Statistics to Promote Equality
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Kiribati National Statistics Office collaborated with the Ministry of Women, Youth, Sports and Social Affairs to produce the Abstract, with regional funding from Pacific Women through...
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Girls are the Change Makers - Just Ask Them
Pacific Women Lead Publications
When Samoa hosted the 84th Session of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in March 2020, it was the first time any United Nations treaty body held a regional session outside...
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Bridging the Gap: From Protective Laws to Real Change for Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Solomon Islands became the first Pacific Island country to launch guidelines and support for domestic violence counsellors, released in 2020. More than double the global average of women...
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Pacific Women Support Parenting Program to Improve Wellbeing of Children in Papua New Guinea
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Through Pacific Women funding, UNICEF in partnership with the Catholic Church Archdiocese of Madang, Chimbu and Mt Hagen and the Menzies School of Health Research in Australia, have been...
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Minister Payne Announced Australian Support for Pacific Girl Investment with YWCA
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, announced that Australia will support the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of...
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From Research to Policy and Practice for Gender Quality in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) program’s Advisory Group on Research (AGR) continues to be a mechanism to support critical gender research in the region. The...
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Pacific Girl & International Day of Persons with Disabilities (2020): Clera Tegu, Solomon Islands
Pacific Women Lead Video
‘Attending trainings, I know that my actions speak louder. I am standing here as a deaf person to show you that having many skills has changed my life and I can contribute to my family’s...
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Evaluation of the RPNGC Family and Sexual Violence Units for PNG
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Key findings from the evaluation include: Family and Sexual Violence Units (FSVUs) are highly relevant for expanding services to survivors of family and sexual violence (FSV). The...
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Pasin Bilong Lukautim Pikinini Gut or Parenting for Child Development
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The findings of research are clear that reducing children’s exposure to family violence has significant benefits for their development and has the potential to break the cycle of family...
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Addressing Drug and Alcohol Use as Key Contributors to Violence Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Recognising that alcohol and drug use contributes to violence, Samoan Women Shaping Samoan Development (SWSDP) is funding a case management officer at the pilot Alcohol and Drugs Court....
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Economic Economic Empowerment See Returns for Tongan Families
Pacific Women Lead Publications
On 5 December 2018, nine female participants of a pilot economic empowerment project of Tonga National Centre for Women and Children (TNCWC) received certificates of completion from...
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Presentation: Ten things learned about sorcery accusations and related violence in Papua New Guinea
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Violence related to accusations of sorcery is a serious problem. It can lead to economic disempowerment, poor health, insecurity, persecution and violence, including torture and murder,...
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Video
Day of the Girl message: Yoshiko Capelle
Pacific Women Lead Video
Yoshiko Capelle from the Pacific Young Women's Leadership Alliance was one of three special guests who provided pre-recorded messages for the ‘Pacific girls and COVID-19’ webinar. The...
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Using Social Media to Share Statistics on the Prevalence of Violence Against Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Government and civil society in Cook Islands collaborated to organise a series of activities to mark the 16 Days of Activism in 2016. Funded under the Australian aid program’s Pacific...
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Dialling Up Services in Response to Covid-19
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Existing gender inequalities are magnified during a crisis, with women having considerably less autonomy and mobility leading to increases in men’s violence against women. To combat this...
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Women Civil Society Leaders Discuss Ways to Fast Track Progress on Gender Equality in Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Women leaders of civil society organisations and representatives of government and academia met with the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), Dame Meg...
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Believing in Themselves, Pacific Girls are Leading Change
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Being a girl rocks! Girls from four countries came together to drive positive change for adolescent girls across the region at the Pacific Girl Inception Workshop. The girls spoke of the...