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Pacific Women Thematic Brief: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent girls in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This Thematic Brief discusses five key messages about the emerging impacts of COVID-19 on adolescent girsl in the Pacific: Disrupted education: School closures have disrupted girl’s...
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A Pacific Girl Program by Pacific Girls
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Girl is Pacific Women’s dedicated, multi-country program to support adolescent girls to reach their full potential. It addresses priority issues identified through consultations...
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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....
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Country Brief Solomon Islands: A Snapshot of Project Highlights
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Through a 10-year commitment, Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) connects more than 170 gender equality initiatives supported by Australia and implemented by over...
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Actions and Impacts for a Peaceful Pacific: 2015 and Beyond
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This publication brings together the perspectives of women involved in the Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency of Bougainville, Vois Blong Mere Solomon of Solomon Islands and Ma’a...
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Pacific Girls YWCA's Girls Rise Up! is breaking the silence and giving a voice to young girls in Honiara
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Clera Tegu, a 17 year-old deaf girl from Makira Ulawa Province in Solomon Islands, is one of over 200 young girls involved in the Girls Rise Up! The project aims to develop the...
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Pacific Women’s Leadership Scoping Study
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Outside of national politics, Pacific women are often visible as leaders. The study found that Pacific women from places as far afield as Bougainville and Samoa are leaders in diverse...
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Rise Up! Evaluation Report
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The evaluation of the Rise Up! program found: 93% of participants reported that they shared information on what they learnt through Rise Up! informally with their peers, family and other...
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Witchcraft and Sorcery Related Killings in Melanesia: The Legal Issues
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This short paper identifies four central insights from a legal positive perspective into killings related to sorcery and witchcraft accusations: The belief in sorcery and witchcraft is a...
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Hem No Leit Tumas: Evidence for Improved Outcomes in Solomon Islands – Summary Report
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The study unearthed a large amount of information about the delivery of adult literacy programs in rural communities, as well as finding some significant gaps in available information....
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The Last Taboo: Research on Managing Menstruation in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Key findings from this research into women’s and girl’s experiences of menstruation in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands are: Adolescent girls and women face a number of...
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The Last Taboo: Research on Managing Menstruation in the Pacific - Solomon Island
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Key findings from this research into women’s and girl’s experiences of menstruation in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands are: Adolescent girls and women face a number of...
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The Last Taboo: Research on Managing Menstruation in the Pacific PNG
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Key findings from this research into women’s and girl’s experiences of menstruation in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands are: Adolescent girls and women face a number of...
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The Last Taboo: Research on Managing Menstruation in the Pacific Literature Review
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Key findings from this research into women’s and girl’s experiences of menstruation in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands are: Adolescent girls and women face a number of...
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The Last Taboo: Research on Managing Menstruation in the Pacific Fiji
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Key findings from this research into women’s and girl’s experiences of menstruation in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands are: Adolescent girls and women face a number of...
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Pacific Girls Speak
Pacific Women Lead Video
Adolescent girls in the Pacific face challenges because they are girls; and they can also be discriminated against for other reasons, such as having a disability or getting pregnant. In...
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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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Do No Harm Research Report: Solomon Islands
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This research, exploring connections between women’s economic empowerment initiatives and increased violence against women in Solomon Islands, found that any equation between women’s...
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The Double Burden: Impact of Economic Empowerment Initiatives on Women’s Workload
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The research demonstrated that, in general, women’s increased involvement in community financial management and income generation has not necessarily led to a redistribution of caring...
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Outcome Statement: Pacific Parliamentarians Tackle Gender Equality
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The outcomes statement describes the sessions, discussions and panels held during the 2015 Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships Forum. Paricipants identified the following priorities:...