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Ideas to Lift the Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In April 2017, stakeholders gathered to validate and inform a Pacific Women scoping study undertaken by the Pacific Community’s Gender Equality Adviser in the North Pacific, funded by...
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Empowering Women is Smart Business
Pacific Women Lead Publications
A new network dedicated to professional women in Solomon Islands has the objective of supporting women in their careers. Women are more likely to be excluded from existing social networks...
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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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Women Climate Change Negotiators Speak Out About Pacific Issues
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Rising oceans highlight how climate change is affecting the Pacific. The Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) promotes women’s climate change leadership. Pacific Women...
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Inspiring, Developing and Empowering Women in Business
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Members of the Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA) have worked together since 2004 to develop opportunities and support networks for women in business. With a focus on...
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Palau’s Family Protection Act, Five Years On
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Five years after Palau passed the Family Protection Act 2012, Pacific Women supported the Ministry for Community and Cultural Affairs to conduct a review of progress towards implementing...
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Women and Young People Influence Government Policy
Pacific Women Lead Publications
More than 70 women and young people gathered in Tuvalu’s capital of Funafuti for the Tuvalu National Women and Youth Forum. It was the first forum of its kind, bringing together women and...
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Helping Duty Bearers to Uphold Their Responsibilities
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Duty bearers are some of the many being supported by Pacific Women partners to better serve women and children. Across countries, partners are addressing social norms that may act as a...
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Pacific Women Management Response to Three Year Evaluation Report
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This evaluation has taken place after approximately four years of implementation of the Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) program. It is a formative evaluation...
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Pacific Women Stakeholder Guide to Three Year Evaluation
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This evaluation has taken place after approximately four years of implementation of the Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) program. It is a formative evaluation...
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Roadmap to Guide Pacific Women Programming
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) is developing a roadmap to guide its future investments in its first three outcomes: i) women’s economic empowerment, ii) women’s...
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Partnerships to Enhance Gender Equality Theology
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In an effort to broaden its engagement and examine collaboration between faith-based organisations and wider civil society, UnitingWorld recently held a workshop to discuss partnership...
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Palauan Senator Encourages Women’s Economic Independence
Pacific Women Lead Publications
At the third Pacific Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships forum, Pacific Women had the opportunity to meet with Pacific women parliamentarians gathered for the three-day forum to discuss...
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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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Women have nothing to do with fish, or do they?
SPC Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems division (FAME) Publications
Ride A. 2014. Women have nothing to do with fish, or do they? SPC Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin 24:42-44.
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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...