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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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Analysing Data Through a Gender Perspective
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Gender statistics help governments implement gender mainstreaming policies and support the promotion of gender inclusion in government activities. Pacific Women has invested in training...
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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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Safe Working Conditions Make Markets a Happy, Healthy Place
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Between 75–90 per cent of all market vendors in the Pacific region are women. The hours are long, and vendors often travel from rural areas to sell their products to a larger market....
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A Platform of Action for Women’s Economic Empowerment
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The theme at the 13th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and 6th Meeting of Pacific Ministers for Women held in Suva in October 2017 was the importance of women’s economic empowerment...
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Sharing Experiences from 17 Years as a Pacific Woman MP
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Hon Va’aiga Tukuitonga has been a Member of Parliament in Niue for 17 years and attended her third PWPP project annual forum in Apia in 2016. Pacific Women supports the PWPP project,...
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Senator Sandra Pierantozzi, A Trailblazer for Palauan Women in Politics
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Hon Senator Sandra Pierantozzi was Palau’s first woman Senator and first woman Vice President. Now she’s running for President in the country’s November 2016 elections.
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Pacific Women's Parliamentary Partnerships Lead to a Action on Diabetes Epidemic
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Hon Dr Puakena Boreham, Tuvalu’s only woman MP and the Hon Judi Moylan, a former member of the Australian House of Representatives, have formed a partnership that is positively...
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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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Empowering Women and Girls with Disabilities
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Ms Lanieta Tuimabu is the Office Manager for the Fiji Disabled People’s Federation (FDPF) and a Board Member of the Pacific Disability Forum. Through a variety of projects sponsored by...
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Extending the Reach of Family Welfare Services
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Walking uphill to the hospital in the tropical heat whilst heavily pregnant to access the ultrasound at the main hospital was not something that Cook Islander women looked forward to....
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Women are Key to an Effective Covid-19 Pacific Response
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The impacts of COVID-19 are not gender-neutral. Women and girls face even higher rates of violence and sexual abuse, undertake more unpaid domestic work, access fewer essential health...
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Developing Robust Family Law Legislation
Pacific Women Lead Publications
At the invitation of the Government of Niue, SPC RRRT has been assisting with the development of legislative reforms in the area of family law. SPC RRRT’s assistance for the development...
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Water quality studies on selected South Pacific lagoons 1991
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
UNEP Regional Seas Ports and Studies No. 136. SPREP Reports and Studies No. 49. UNEP 1991
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Regional Institutional Mapping Assessment Report
Federated States of Micronesia Environment Data Portal Publications
Climate change has been identified as the single greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and well- being of Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs), and presents major...
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Pacific Regional Solid Waste Management Strategy 2010 – 2015
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Pacific Regional Solid Waste Management Strategy 2010 – 2015
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Regional Electrification Rate (last updated 2014)
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
This record captures the electrification rate for selected countries in the Pacific Region. This data is also reflected in the SPC National Minimum Development Indicators (NMDI) -...
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Mobilising Communities to End Violence Against Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
SASA! is a Kiswahili word for ‘now’ that is also synonymous with a community mobilisation methodology to prevent violence against women and people living with HIV. Funded under the...
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Harnessing the Power of Coalitions
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Four organisations have demonstrated that by working together as a coalition, they can increase their reach and impact. The vision of the We Rise Coalition is a Pacific where there is...