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Publications
Power, Politics and Coalitions in the Pacific: Lessons from Collective Action on Gender and Power
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The case studies of coalitions in Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea and Tonga highlight four influential factors in the formation and functioning of coalitions: Formative events: What...
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How to Improve Women’s Economic Agency Without Compromising Their Safety
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Pacific Women funded Do No Harm research explored the relationship between women’s economic advancement and empowerment, and women’s experience of domestic violence. The research was...
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Video
Tongan Girls Speak: Women's Economic Empowerment
Pacific Women Lead Video
Anamalia Falemaka and Ursula Tai reflect on: what an empowered woman looks like; their role model for women’s empowerment; the barriers to empowerment they see; and their vision of...
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A Platform for Sustaining Feminist Fierceness
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The reasons why the second Pacific Feminist Forum was important are as varied as the 150 participants who attended. The civil society-led forum brought together diverse, feminist women...
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Getting a Better Balance and Acceptance for Both Women and Men as Great Leaders
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Supportive community attitudes are essential in improving’s women’s involvement in leadership and decision making. Initiated through Pacific Women, the Balance of Power is a dedicated...
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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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Women Civil Society Leaders Discuss Ways to Fast Track Progress on Gender Equality in Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Women leaders of civil society organisations and representatives of government and academia met with the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), Dame Meg...
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Pacific Women Promoting Gender Equality in Papua New Guinea Highlights 2012 to 2021
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Promoting Gender Equality in Papua New Guinea – Highlights 2012-2021 booklet highlights the impacts of the 54 projects supported by the Papua New Guinea-Australia Partnership through...
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Believing in Themselves, Pacific Girls are Leading Change
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Being a girl rocks! Girls from four countries came together to drive positive change for adolescent girls across the region at the Pacific Girl Inception Workshop. The girls spoke of the...
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Video
Australia's Ambassador for Women and Girls introduces Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development.
Pacific Women Lead Video
Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development highlights the Australian Government's commitment to equality and empowerment of women in the region. It is a 10 year $320 million program...
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Video
COVID-19: Staying Safe at Home (Pacific)
Pacific Women Lead Video
In a first for the Pacific, several country-specific video animations are available about the safety of women and children in their homes during the current COVID-19 pandemic response....
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Thematic Brief: Inclusion of Pacific women with disabilities
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This Thematic Brief provides a broad summary of information and analysis about Pacific women with disabilities. The summary includes references to associated research and information....
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Helpdesk Research Report: Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This review looks at major trends in spending (comparing women and men), the chief barriers to women having more income and control of their finances, and the key opportunities for...
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Pacific Feminists and Activists: Re-framing, Re-articulating and Re-energizing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In this statement, Pacific feminist, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights advocates call for: Papua New Guinea State to repeal the Sorcery Act and investigate and prosecute all...
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Responding to Violence Against Women in Melanesia and East Timor
Australian Government Publications
The report titled ‘Violence against Women in Melanesia and East Timor: Building on Global and Regional Promising Approaches’ by the Australian Government’s Office of Development...
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Thinking and Working Politically Following a Set Back
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The year 2015 was an extraordinary year for gender equality in Tongan politics. In February, the Government announced at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women that it would...
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Publications
Flexible Funding for Women’s Organisations
Pacific Women Lead Publications
There is growing evidence that supporting women’s groups, networks, organisations and the women’s movement is an effective way to bring about gender equality. Pacific Women has...
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Publications
What Does an Economically Empowered Pacific Woman Look Like?
Pacific Women Lead Publications
More than 240 Pacific Islanders, researchers, policy makers and development practitioners from nine countries gathered to share ideas and lessons learned. They contributed to the...
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Publications
Covid-19 Burden of Care Falling on Adolescent Girls
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the burden of care on women and girls. In normal circumstances, caring for siblings and children in the community and additional household work often...
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Video
Pacific Women Men on Gender Equality
Pacific Women Lead Video
Tuiloma Neroni Slade (then Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum), John Gemba (a male advocate with Eastern Highlands Family Voice in Papua New Guinea), John Ericho (Director of...