-
Publications
Diverse Voices are Stronger Together
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Coalitions are addressing social norms to create a more equal society for women and men, supported by Pacific Women. They are able to harness combined resources and networks to influence...
-
Publications
The Pacific’s First Free Legal Centre for Survivors of Domestic Violence
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Tonga is the first country in the region to have a dedicated legal centre providing free assistance for survivors of domestic violence. In its first three months of operation, the Family...
-
Publications
Mobilising Communities to End Violence Against Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
SASA! is a Kiswahili word for ‘now’ that is also synonymous with a community mobilisation methodology to prevent violence against women and people living with HIV. Funded under the...
-
Publications
Review of Counselling Services for Survivors of Violence in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Quality counselling is a key service in supporting survivors of violence against women. To better understand the status of counselling in the region, Pacific Women conducted a review of...
-
Publications
Understanding Women’s Political and Administrative Leadership in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women aims to better understand and improve women’s leadership and decision making in the region. Researchers from the SSGM program at Australian National University have produced...
-
Publications
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...
-
Publications
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...
-
Publications
Safe Working Conditions Make Markets a Happy, Healthy Place
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Between 75–90 per cent of all market vendors in the Pacific region are women. The hours are long, and vendors often travel from rural areas to sell their products to a larger market....
-
Publications
Improving the Marketing and Financial Literacy of Market Vendors
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Between 75 and 90 percent of market vendors in the Pacific region are women. The money earned by these women is often pivotal in paying for important family expenses such as children’s...
-
Publications
Pacific Models of Male Advocacy Working to End Violence Against Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women supports a range of activities that enable male advocates to be agents of change to end violence against women in communities across Pacific Island countries. The Male...
-
Publications
Whole of Government Responsibility for Gender Mainstreaming
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Progressing Gender Equality in the Pacific program (PGEP) supports governments to improve their capacity to mainstream gender equality considerations and responses and to collect and...
-
Publications
Analysing Data Through a Gender Perspective
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Gender statistics help governments implement gender mainstreaming policies and support the promotion of gender inclusion in government activities. Pacific Women has invested in training...
-
Publications
Putting the ‘Empowerment’ Back into ‘Women’s Economic Empowerment’
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The WEE snakes and ladders game developed by Pacific Women helps educate players about the importance of economic empowerment versus economic participation.
-
Publications
Expanding Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Services
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Samoa Family Health Association (SFHA) is Samoa’s leading provider of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services. With support from IPPF, SFHA provided services to more...
-
Publications
Senator Sandra Pierantozzi, A Trailblazer for Palauan Women in Politics
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Hon Senator Sandra Pierantozzi was Palau’s first woman Senator and first woman Vice President. Now she’s running for President in the country’s November 2016 elections.
-
Publications
Harnessing the Power of Coalitions
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Four organisations have demonstrated that by working together as a coalition, they can increase their reach and impact. The vision of the We Rise Coalition is a Pacific where there is...
-
Publications
Pacific Feminists Working for Change
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum brought together feminists, women human rights defenders and gender equality advocates from across the Pacific. Participants joined in three days of...
-
Publications
Voices from the Vendors
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In just over three years, UN Women’s Markets for Change (M4C) project has made substantial progress towards achieving its outcomes. The best people to explain how the project is...
-
Publications
Pacific Girls Shaping Pacific Development
Pacific Women Lead Publications
A new Pacific Women program focuses attention and resources on adolescents. Pacific Girl planning activities in 2017–2018 have ensured that girls and young women will shape the final...
-
Publications
Extending the Reach of Family Welfare Services
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Walking uphill to the hospital in the tropical heat whilst heavily pregnant to access the ultrasound at the main hospital was not something that Cook Islander women looked forward to....