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New Draft National Action Plan to Address Sorcery Accusation-Related Violence in PNG
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In 2013, widespread publicity given to the deaths of two women accused of witchcraft in Papua New Guinea drew international and national attention to the problem of sorcery and witchcraft...
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Developing Insecurity: Sorcery, Witchcraft and Melanesian Economic Development
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This paper draws explicit links between witchcraft and sorcery practices and beliefs in Melanesia, and poor development outcomes. It notes four distinct categories of impact: The...
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Sorcery Cases in Papua New Guinea’s Village Courts: Legal Innovation Part IV
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Sorcery Act criminalised the use of sorcery for ‘evil purposes’. It was repealed in 2013 in the wake of several high profile and gruesome killings related to sorcery accusations,...
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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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Gender Research in the Pacific 1994-2014: Beginnings
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This study deals with research on eight critical areas of concern covered in the Revised Pacific Platform for Action 2005-2015: education, health, climate change and environment, economic...
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Developing Good Practice in Workplace Responses to Family and Sexual Violence in PNG
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Findings from participatory action research undertaken with family and sexual violence service providers, advocates, businesses, and their employees in Papua New Guinea strongly indicate...
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Gender Violence & Human Rights: Seeking Justice in Fiji, PNG and Vanuatu
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This volume critically interrogates the relation between gender violence and human rights as Fiji, Papua New Guinea nad Vanuatu and their communities and citizens engage with,...
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Tuvalu-Study-on-People-With-Disability-Full-Report-July-2018
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This study was a collaborative effort between the Tuvalu Ministry of Home Affairs, the Gender Affairs Department of the Office of the Prime Minister and the Fusi Alofa Association of...
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Te-Sukesukega-i-Tuvalu-e-uiga-mo-Tino-Se-Katoatoa-Iulai-2018
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This study was a collaborative effort between the Tuvalu Ministry of Home Affairs, the Gender Affairs Department of the Office of the Prime Minister and the Fusi Alofa Association of...
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Presentation: Ten things learned about sorcery accusations and related violence in Papua New Guinea
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Violence related to accusations of sorcery is a serious problem. It can lead to economic disempowerment, poor health, insecurity, persecution and violence, including torture and murder,...
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DevPolicyBlog_Family-protection-orders-in-Lae-some-positive-signs
Pacific Women Lead Publications
A report from Femili PNG and the Australian National University (ANU) shows that the issuing of protection orders by the Lae District Court is becoming more efficient. The data, was...
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First research into protection orders – efficiency is improving in Lae
Pacific Women Lead Publications
A report from Femili PNG and the Australian National University (ANU) shows that the issuing of protection orders by the Lae District Court is becoming more efficient. The data, was...
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Pacific Women Thematic Brief: Gender and COVID-19 in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Health pandemics have specific and severe impacts on the lives of women and girls. Since the COVID-19 outbreak first had reported cases, the gendered impacts began being documented in the...
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Women Peace Human Security and Development Update – A FemLINKPACIFIC Policy Brief
Pacific Women Lead Publications
FemLINKpacific is a local, regional, and national catalyst for change through the use of accessible media and information. This is FemLINKPACIFIC’s policy brief from May 2014, providing...
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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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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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Human Rights and Gender Justice Toolkit
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This toolkit was developed through the project ‘From Gender Based Violence to Gender Justice and Healing’ implemented by the Nazareth Centre for Rehabilitation in the Autonomous Region of...
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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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Pacific Women Bougainville Performance Report 2017-2018
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women program activities support the Bougainville Gender Investment Plan, which prioritises the following objectives: Reducing family and sexual violence and assist survivors of...
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Pacific Women Papua New Guinea Annual Learning Workshop 2018
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The fourth Pacific Women in Papua New Guinea Annual Learning Workshop provided an update on activities, research, innovation, and good practice undertaken by Pacific Women and its...