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The Pacific’s First Free Legal Centre for Survivors of Domestic Violence
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Tonga is the first country in the region to have a dedicated legal centre providing free assistance for survivors of domestic violence. In its first three months of operation, the Family...
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Working Together to Implement Domestic Violence Legislation Across the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
High-level government representatives from 11 Pacific Island countries are sharing strategies to further improve implementation of domestic violence legislation. The representatives...
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Participatory Action Research: Strengthening Project Implementation
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Educators, defenders, advocates and activists these are all roles that women human rights defenders (WHRDs) play in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. In the project From Gender Based...
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Mobilising Communities to End Violence Against Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
SASA! is a Kiswahili word for ‘now’ that is also synonymous with a community mobilisation methodology to prevent violence against women and people living with HIV. Funded under the...
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Review of Counselling Services for Survivors of Violence in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Quality counselling is a key service in supporting survivors of violence against women. To better understand the status of counselling in the region, Pacific Women conducted a review of...
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Deputy Speaker of the House: Women Leaders Vital for Bougainville
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Hon Francesca Rhianna Semoso, the Deputy Speaker of the Bougainville House of Representatives, is an advocate for women in leadership. As one of the only four women Members of Parliament...
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Understanding Women’s Political and Administrative Leadership in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women aims to better understand and improve women’s leadership and decision making in the region. Researchers from the SSGM program at Australian National University have produced...
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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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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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Pacific Women Research Strategy June 2017 - June 2022
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Research plays a strategic role in the Australian Government’s mission to promote gender equality in the region through Pacific Women. This Research Strategy covers a five-year period...
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Women in Local Government – Stories of Inspiration from Bougainville
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Despite the existence of affirmative action measures at the sub-national level in almost all Pacific island countries (a little known fact), women’s political representation at this level...
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Thematic Brief: Ending Violence against Women in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This Thematic Brief provides a broad summary of information and analysis about violence against women and girls in the Pacific Islands region. The summary includes references to...
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Thematic Brief: Women's Economic Empowerment in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This Thematic Brief provides a broad summary of information and analysis about women’s economic empowerment in the Pacific Islands region. The summary includes references to associated...
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Thematic Brief: Women, peace and security in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This Thematic Brief provides information and analysis about women, peace and security in the Pacific Islands region. The brief has been written for the Support Unit of Pacific Women...
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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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Bougainville Young Women’s Leadership Research
Pacific Women Lead Publications
For this research, 12 young Bougainvillean women were trained in research methods. Six teams of two women then undertook research in six districts, covering the three regions of...
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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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Review of Gender and Infrastructure (2016)
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This review involved a desk review of policies and project documents and consultations with Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) agency representatives and staff from other...
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Improving the Marketing and Financial Literacy of Market Vendors
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Between 75 and 90 percent of market vendors in the Pacific region are women. The money earned by these women is often pivotal in paying for important family expenses such as children’s...
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Pacific Models of Male Advocacy Working to End Violence Against Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women supports a range of activities that enable male advocates to be agents of change to end violence against women in communities across Pacific Island countries. The Male...