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State of Media and Communications Report 2013
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS) State of Media and Communication Study is designed to provide baseline measures on the key evaluation questions developed by PACMAS across...
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Rural Pacific Island Women and Agriculture: Data, Evidence and Knowledge in Pacific Islands Countries
UN Women Publications
This literature review synthesises material from the books, academic articles, and reports listed in the attached annotated bibliography on Pacific Island women and agriculture....
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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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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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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:...
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Helpdesk Research Report: Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This review looks at major trends in spending (comparing women and men), the chief barriers to women having more income and control of their finances, and the key opportunities for...
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Women MPs in Samoa and Kiribati
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This short paper looks at the example of women parliamentarians in Kiribati and Samoa to identify common characteristics of women who have been successful at being elected: Coming from a...
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Political Representation and Women’s Empowerment in Samoa
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Samoan women have achieved approximate equality to men in most modern spheres of government and the economy, but have never succeeded in winning more than five seats in the 49-seat...