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Pacific Regional ICDP Review
United Nations Population Fund Publications
This review looks at progress toward the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action’s goals on the following themes: Sexual and reproductive health...
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Review of Gender and Infrastructure (2016)
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This review involved a desk review of policies and project documents and consultations with Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) agency representatives and staff from other...
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UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office’s Annual Report 2014
UN Women Publications
This annual report notes that the eyes of the world were focused on Samoa and the wider region for the Small Islands Developing States Conference and UN Women’s Executive Director,...
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Putting Gender Equality Centre Stage in the Pacific
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and The Pacific (UNESCAP) Publications
This short policy brief states women’s empowerment is important because: Women’s empowerment contributes to economic growth. Marginalisation of women in Pacific island labour markets...
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Pacific Women Bougainville Performance Report 2017-2018
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women program activities support the Bougainville Gender Investment Plan, which prioritises the following objectives: Reducing family and sexual violence and assist survivors of...
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Population and Development Profiles: Pacific Islands Countries
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This report contains population and demographic data and development profiles for 15 Pacific countries. Four of these countries (Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) are...
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Do No Harm Research Project Report: Women in Formal Employment Survey
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The State, Society and Governance in Melanesia program at the Australian National University and the International Women’s Development Agency undertook the Do No Harm research project in...
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I Am Not A Lost Cause: Young Women’s Empowerment and Teenage Pregnancy in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This report focuses on the experiences of adolescent pregnancy and motherhood. It highlights the challenges that adolescent mothers face when pregnant and as mothers. Over the last...
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Swimming Against the Tide: Lessons Learned from Field Research on Violence Against Women in the Solomon Islands and Kiribati
United Nations Population Fund Publications
Lessons from the UNFPA’s process of conducting researching violence against women in Kiribati and Solomon Islands included: There is overwhelming evidence that the studies in the Solomon...
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Samoa Family Health and Safety Study
The Pacific Community (SPC) Publications
The Samoan study shows that violence against women is prevalent: 37.6% of women who have ever been in a relationship are likely to have experienced physical abuse by their partner. 18.6%...
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Kiribati Family Health and Support Study
The Pacific Community (SPC) Publications
The Kiribati study shows that violence against women is prevalent: More than 2 in 3 (68%) ever-partnered women aged 15–49 reported experiencing physical or sexual violence, or both, by an...
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UN Trust Fund Annual Report 2015
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This is a global annual report for the UN Trust Fund to End Violence againts Women. Global statistics include: 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual...
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An Analysis of Judicial Sentencing Practices in SGBV Cases in PICs
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This study analysed a random selection of 908 cases from seven Pacific Island countries, including 111 domestic violence cases and 787 sexual assault cases. Each case is analysed to...
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Sorcery Accusation Related Violence in Papua New Guinea
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This major research study into sorcery accusation-related violence in Papua New Guinea found that over the past 20 years, an average of 72 people per year are victims of sorcery...
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Kauntim mi tu – Port Moresby
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The findings this study into HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), called Kauntim mi tu – Port Moresby, provide an improved roadmap for treatment, care and provision of other...
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Dataset
Pacific Women Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Indicators
Pacific Women Lead Dataset
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacts beyond people’s health that affect different aspects of day-to-day life. All people will be impacted in some way and must adapt to the pandemic, however...
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Publications
Kauntim-mi-tu-Final-POM-Report-09Jan2018
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The findings this study into HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), called Kauntim mi tu – Port Moresby, provide an improved roadmap for treatment, care and provision of other...
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Community Healing and Rebuilding Program, Oxfam’s Strategy for Prevention of Family and Community Violence in Papua New Guinea
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Community Healing and Rebuilding Program addresses the risk factors of violence and strengthens the protective factors against it. The program draws on group therapy, community...