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Review of Counselling Services in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
To better understand the nature and availability of counselling services for gender-based violence, a survey involving a self-assessment questionnaire was conducted to map counselling...
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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 Challenges to Financial Inclusion in Papua New Guinea
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This paper draws on research undertaken in 2015 among coffee smallholders in Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, focusing specifically on some of the challenges faced by women...
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Fiji Young Women’s Forum Outcomes Statement 2013
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Fiji Young Women’s’ Forum convened by Diverse Voices and Action for Equality (DIVA), Emerging Leaders Forum Alumni, Young Women Producers and Broadcasters - FemLINKpacific and the...
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Coffee is Men’s Business
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Men’s control of coffee in Papua New Guinea is not only an artefact of colonial agricultural extension but also a consequence of gender norms and the system of land tenure that privileges...
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About Pacific Girl
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This document provides details about the Australian Government’s investment in supporting adolescent girls in the Pacific. It includes information about: The funded implementing partner’s...
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Sorcery and Witchcraft in Papua New Guinea: Problems in Definition
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This short paper looks at how the terms ‘sorcery’ and ‘witchcraft’ are frequently fused or used interchangeably, and are rarely conceptually distinguished. This blurring of the two occurs...
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Safe homes and safe communities
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This booklet highlights some of the work of Australia’s aid program to support an end to all forms of violence against women and girls, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region. This...
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Developing Young Women’s Collective Action in Vanuatu
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This short paper reflects on the experiences of 38 young, educated women in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It finds that: Young women in Melanesia are subject to intimate...
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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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The Global Fund for Women Impact Report: Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The top findings of the evaluation of the Breakthrough Project are: 1. Global Fund grantmaking contributed to impact at three levels: on the individual lives of over half a million women...
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Due Diligence and State Responsibility to End Violence Against Women: Standards, Indicators and Good Practices
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The project aims to add content to the international legal principle of due diligence in the context of state responsibility to end violence against women. It seeks to create compliance...
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Eves-Do-No-Harm-Report-PNG-2018
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This research, exploring connections between women’s economic empowerment initiatives and increased violence against women in two provinces of Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Region...
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Do No Harm Research Report: Papua New Guinea and Bougainville
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This research, exploring connections between women’s economic empowerment initiatives and increased violence against women in two provinces of Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Region...
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Swimming Against the Tide: Lessons Learned from Field Research on Violence Against Women in the Solomon Islands and Kiribati
United Nations Population Fund Publications
Lessons from the UNFPA’s process of conducting researching violence against women in Kiribati and Solomon Islands included: There is overwhelming evidence that the studies in the Solomon...
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Pacific Regional ICDP Review
United Nations Population Fund Publications
This review looks at progress toward the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action’s goals on the following themes: Sexual and reproductive health...
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Gender-Based Violence Prevention: Lessons from World Bank Impact Evaluations
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Emerging policy lessons from World Bank evaluations of programs to prevent violence against women include: Programs to increase women’s economic empowerment may reduce GBV by increasing...
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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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Increasing Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Pacific
UN Women Publications
Women’s economic empowerment is the ability of women to bring about positive changes in their lives and societies as a result of their participation in economic activities. Enhancing...
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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...