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Meet PNG’s Governor Julie Soso Akeke
Pacific Women Lead Publications
At the third Pacific Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships forum, Pacific Women had the opportunity to meet with many of the Pacific women parliamentarians gathered for the three-day forum...
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Meet Lusiana Cawi
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Eighteen-year-old Lusiana Cawai is a student of the South Pacific Academy of Beauty Therapy. With support from Pacific Women, she and 24 other students are scholarship recipients enrolled...
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Meet Freda Soraicomua, Solomon Islands Minister for Rural Development
Pacific Women Lead Publications
At the third Pacific Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships forum, Pacific Women had the opportunity to meet with many of the Pacific women parliamentarians gathered for the three-day forum...
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Media Release: Gender Advocates to Attend Adaptive Leadership Training
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Strengthening the voices and views of Pacific women and better representing their interests at the regional and global level is the objective of a pilot Adaptive Leadership Training to be...
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Local Responses to Transform Gender Based Violence into Gender Justice and Healing
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Where can you turn, as a young girl in Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, when your cousin brothers and relatives want to force you to marry a man twice your age? A Pacific Women-funded...
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Local Action, Global Movements: WUTMI Commemorates the 16 Days of Activism 2018
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In November and December 2018, Women United Together Marshall Islands (WUTMI) joined government ministries, local civil society organisations and the global gender equality movement in...
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Legal Aid for Survivors of Domestic Violence in the Cook Islands
Pacific Women Lead Publications
A new joint initiative is making legal aid available for domestic violence survivors in the Cook Islands.The Punanga Tauturu Inc, a women’s counselling centre, and the Gender and...
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Launch of Phoenix Candle for Survivors
Pacific Women Lead Publications
For International Women’s Day, Hon. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau joined members of the Phoenix Survivors Network, Medical Services Pacific/MSP staff and Aspire volunteers, on Friday March 6 to...
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Landmark Case Highlights Marital Rape as Crime
Pacific Women Lead Publications
‘This case is significant because now women know that marital rape is a crime and that they have the right to say “no”,’ says Fitilagi Fa’anunu, Director of the Family Protection Legal...
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Inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum Launches Charter for Change
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Held from 28-30 November 2016, during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, the Forum was a dream come true for lead...
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How to Improve Women’s Economic Agency Without Compromising Their Safety
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Pacific Women funded Do No Harm research explored the relationship between women’s economic advancement and empowerment, and women’s experience of domestic violence. The research was...
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How COVID 19 is Affecting Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Pacific - And What We Can Do About It
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Even in Pacific Island countries where there have been few or no cases of COVID-19, the pandemic is having a disproportionate, negative impact on women’s economic activities and their...
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Good Decisions and Good Leadership - Young Women Show How Its Done
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The best community decisions are made when they include the views of everyone – women, girls, men and boys, including from marginalised groups. The Bougainville Women’s Federation and...
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GIRLS Make Digital Stories for 16 Days of Activism
Pacific Women Lead Publications
During an action-packed weekend in late September, 17 girls used all their creative energies to bring to life digital stories capturing their thoughts and lived experiences on issues...
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GIRLS Lead 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence Campaign
Pacific Women Lead Publications
For the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign this year, the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement’s chose to focus on girls and young women. The team spoke to Pacific Women...
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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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From Little Things, Big Things Grow
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Kirapim Kaikai na Maket Project in the Tsak Valley of Enga Province in Papua New Guinea is an excellent example of Pacific Women working effectively with Pacific organisations at the...
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Frances Tawake Network Coordinator - Rural and Regional
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Meet Frances Tawake. She is FemLINKPACIFIC’s Network Coordinator – Rural and Regional, a position which sees her coordinating activities around five Centre’s in Fiji – in Ba, Labasa,...
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Fourth Pacific Women Advisory Board Meeting Held in Apia
Pacific Women Lead Publications
he Advisory Board of Pacific Women held its fourth meeting in Apia on 4 April.
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First Day of the Annual Learning Workshop of Pacific Women in Papua New Guinea
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Positive gender transformative change is not only possible, it is happening in Papua New Guinea. Pacific Women is one of the largest global commitments to gender equality. It aims to...