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Pacific Girl - October 2019 Networking Opportunity
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Girl, a new initiative under Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women), focuses on adolescent girls’ needs, rights and opportunities. It works with civil society...
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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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Ra Naari Parishad - An Important Hub for the Women of Rakiraki
Pacific Women Lead Publications
“We have many dreams for the people of Rakiraki and we are working towards achieving them together.” These are the words of Ms Anand Pillay, the visionary President of the Ra Naari...
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Influencing Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women Through Film
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Wan Smolbag has been performing issues-based theatre in Vanuatu since 1989. Through its theatre performances, films and television series, the group is in a unique position to influence...
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Domestic Violence and Family Protection Laws to Protect Nauruan Women and Children
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Nauru’s Domestic Violence and Family Protection Act 2017 came into force on 1 June 2017. This follows quickly after the enactment of the Child Protection and Welfare Act 2016. Through...
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Niue’s Clerk Trained to Promote Gender Equality in the Parliament
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific clerks and senior parliamentary staff attended the Outrigger Facilitators’ workshop in Canberra, Australia in November 2016. The Outrigger training program on navigating gender...
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Using Family Based Models to Enhance Women’s Agency
Pacific Women Lead Publications
A number of projects funded by Pacific Women are using innovative, family-based approaches to help communities and families make decisions about issues such as family size, financial...
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Pacific Women Management Response to Mid Term Review of the Papua New Guinea Country Plan
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The independent Mid-Term Review of the Pacific Women second country plan for Papua New Guinea (2014-2019) was completed in August 2017. The review also looked at how the Pacific Women...
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Pathway to Establishing RMI’s First Support Service for Survivors of VAW
Pacific Women Lead Publications
As part of their project to establish the first ever support service for survivors of violence against women and girls in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Women United Together...
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Pacific Women Toolkit for Monitoring & Evaluation Data Collection
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Pacific Women Toolkit for Monitoring and Evaluation also continues to support implementing partners with a range of possible tools to collect data for their monitoring and evaluation...
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GIRLS Lead 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence Campaign
Pacific Women Lead Publications
For the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign this year, the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement’s chose to focus on girls and young women. The team spoke to Pacific Women...
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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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Are Attitudes and Behaviours Towards Violence Against Women Changing in Papua New Guinea?
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Since 2012, FHI 360 has implemented the Komuniti Lukautim Ol Meri (KLOM) project to address violence against women and girls. A survey from the end of phase 2 of this Pacific Women-funded...
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Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development overview
Pacific Women Lead Video
This video provides an overview of Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development a regional gender equality program supported by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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Review of UNICEF Pacific Child Protection Programme Report
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This review found that UNICEF’s Child Protection Programme is aligned with Pacific country commitments to upholding children’s rights, and its approaches largely target regional...
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Making Our Families Safe Through Collective Action at the Provincial Level
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In Solomon Islands, the Safe Families project strives to create a country where family and sexual violence is no longer considered acceptable behaviour. It is taking an innovative...
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The Importance of Non-State Actors in Progressing Gender Equality
Pacific Women Lead Publications
As a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), FSM reports regularly to the CEDAW Committee on the country’s progress towards...
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Gender Affairs Department Representation at the Universal Periodic Review
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The United Nations Universal Periodic Review is a mechanism to examine the human rights performance of its member states. Tuvalu was examined during the 30th session of the Universal...
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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...