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Evaluation of the RPNGC Family and Sexual Violence Units for PNG
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Key findings from the evaluation include: Family and Sexual Violence Units (FSVUs) are highly relevant for expanding services to survivors of family and sexual violence (FSV). The...
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Pasin Bilong Lukautim Pikinini Gut or Parenting for Child Development
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The findings of research are clear that reducing children’s exposure to family violence has significant benefits for their development and has the potential to break the cycle of family...
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Addressing Drug and Alcohol Use as Key Contributors to Violence Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Recognising that alcohol and drug use contributes to violence, Samoan Women Shaping Samoan Development (SWSDP) is funding a case management officer at the pilot Alcohol and Drugs Court....
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Using Social Media to Share Statistics on the Prevalence of Violence Against Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Government and civil society in Cook Islands collaborated to organise a series of activities to mark the 16 Days of Activism in 2016. Funded under the Australian aid program’s Pacific...
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Dialling Up Services in Response to Covid-19
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Existing gender inequalities are magnified during a crisis, with women having considerably less autonomy and mobility leading to increases in men’s violence against women. To combat this...
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Exploring the impact of family and sexual violence on families and children
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Researchers from Australian National University, University of Papua New Guinea and the Lae University of Technology explored the connections between women’s experiences of seeking...
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Women United Together in Marshall Island’s (WUTMI) expands its support service for women to Ebeye
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Surveys have shown that one in three Marshallese women have experienced some form of abuse in their lifetime. ‘RMI’s rates of violence against women and children are staggering and...
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FSM’s new Pohnpei Women's Safe Space Coordinator
Pacific Women Lead Publications
To address the need for safe spaces for women and girl survivors of violence in FSM, Lululeen Santos was recruited by government in the new role of Pohnpei Women’s Safe Space Coordinator...
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Tuvalu and the Pacific at the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65)
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The central theme of CSW65, held in March 2021, was women’s participation and decision-making in public life and the elimination of violence. As Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Tuvalu...
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The Business Case for Workplace Responses to Domestic and Sexual Violence in Fiji
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Fiji has one of the highest rates of domestic and sexual violence in the world with almost two-thirds of the country’s women experiencing domestic or sexual violence during their...