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I Am Not A Lost Cause: Young Women’s Empowerment and Teenage Pregnancy in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This report focuses on the experiences of adolescent pregnancy and motherhood. It highlights the challenges that adolescent mothers face when pregnant and as mothers. Over the last...
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Eliminating Violence against Women (EVAW) in Pohnpei and Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This three-part report contains a mapping of essential services for survivors of violence against women and actions, outlining the assessment of what is in place that needs strengthening...
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Women’s Leadership in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Within the spheres of politics, the bureaucracy, and civil society, this paper examines the literature in relation to: obstacles to women’s participation, success factors, outcomes, and...
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Pacific Women Papua New Guinea Annual Learning Workshop 2019
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The fifth Pacific Women in Papua New Guinea Annual Learning Workshop offered an opportunity for Pacific Women-funded and non-funded partners to come together to discuss their work and...
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Balance of Power brochure
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Balance of Power is an innovative approach to supporting Pacific Island countries achieve their objectives of inclusive and effective leadership in line with national policy frameworks....
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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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The 2013 Survey on HIV in Tanah Papua: Gender, Ethnicity and ‘Casual Partners’
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This paper reports that in Tanah Papua (the western half of the island of New Guinea, currently comprising the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua), there was an HIV prevalence...
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Do No Harm guidance materials
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Two ‘Do No Harm’ guidance material kits have been developed by a team from the International Women’s Development Agency. The kits draw on key findings from the Do No Harm research...
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Samoa Reviews Country Plan: Engagement and Empowerment
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Through Pacific Women, the Australian Government will spend approximately $9.3 million over 10 years to support women’s empowerment in Samoa. The first five-year Country Plan includes...
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RMI’s 16 Year Old Patsy Glad Joins the One Billion Rising Campaign
Pacific Women Lead Publications
For the past three years, supporters of women’s rights have been part of the global movement to end violence against women through the One Billion Rising (OBR) campaign. Launched in 2012,...
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Fiji and Vanuatu Rise to End Violence Against Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
For the past three years Fijians have been part of the global movement to end violence against women through the One Billion Rising (OBR) campaign. Launched in 2012, OBR began as a call...
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Country Brief Republic of the Marshall 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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Starting or Growing a Business? How a Women’s Business Resource Centre Can Help
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The WBRC is an entrepreneurial hub assisting women to establish and strengthen their businesses, based in Papua New Guinea’s capital of Port Moresby. Since it was established by the...
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Country Brief 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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Pacific Girls YWCA's Rise Up! project to expand to rural provinces
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Girls Rise Up! aims to develop the confidence, skills and knowledge of at-risk girls in Solomon Islands and to help them establish supportive peer networks and the opportunity to safely...
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Fiji Women’s Fund Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Toolkit
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This toolkit provides sequential activities to support organisations to ensure that gender equality and the empowerment of women are integrated into their programming. The activities are:...
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UN Trust Fund Annual Report 2015
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This is a global annual report for the UN Trust Fund to End Violence againts Women. Global statistics include: 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual...
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Thematic Brief: Myths about gender equality in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This Thematic Brief provides a broad summary of information and analysis about common gender equality myths in the Pacific and their underlying issues. The summary includes references to...
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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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Sorcery Accusation Related Violence in Papua New Guinea
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This major research study into sorcery accusation-related violence in Papua New Guinea found that over the past 20 years, an average of 72 people per year are victims of sorcery...