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Nauru Takes Stock of its Gender Mainstreaming Capacity
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The PGEP program is supported by Pacific Women to help national governments and civil society to develop specific strategies for increasing capacity to mainstream gender. In 2015, the...
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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....
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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...
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Optimising technical Assistance Through Partnership
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women and SPC are trialling an innovative technical assistance model through the joint engagement of a gender equality adviser. The adviser, employed by SPC, supports both Pacific...
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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...
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Cook Islands Using Smart Infograph’s to Explain Gender Statistics
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Quality statistics help everybody in a project cycle. However, data is only as good as our ability to understand, interpret and use the information that is presented. Through the PGEP...
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Empowering Women and Girls with Disabilities
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Ms Lanieta Tuimabu is the Office Manager for the Fiji Disabled People’s Federation (FDPF) and a Board Member of the Pacific Disability Forum. Through a variety of projects sponsored by...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Creating Safe Spaces for Pacific Women at International Events
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women supports the We Rise Coalition, a group of four feminist organisations working to develop inclusive governance, equality, diversity, justice and women’s human rights....
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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...
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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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Women are Key to an Effective Covid-19 Pacific Response
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The impacts of COVID-19 are not gender-neutral. Women and girls face even higher rates of violence and sexual abuse, undertake more unpaid domestic work, access fewer essential health...
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A Platform for Sustaining Feminist Fierceness
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The reasons why the second Pacific Feminist Forum was important are as varied as the 150 participants who attended. The civil society-led forum brought together diverse, feminist women...
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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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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...