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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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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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Hem No Leit Tumas: Evidence for Improved Outcomes in Solomon Islands – Summary Report
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The study unearthed a large amount of information about the delivery of adult literacy programs in rural communities, as well as finding some significant gaps in available information....
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Poverty Measurement: What’s Gender Got to do with it? Findings from Fiji: Part 1
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This short paper reports on planned research in Fiji, the first country in the Pacific to pilot a measure of poverty at an individual level from a gender perspective. Pacific Island...
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Witch hunts in Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands Province: A Fieldwork Report
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The issue of sorcery and witchcraft-related accusations and violence in Papua New Guinea is receiving increasing attention domestically and internationally. A growing body of literature...
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Using Mobile Phones to Track Anti-Witchcraft Violence in Papua New Guinea
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This short paper details a pilot project using mobile phones to record and report data about accusations of witchcraft at funerals. The pilot is part of a growing body of work that uses...
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Gender Violence & Human Rights: Seeking Justice in Fiji, PNG and Vanuatu
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This volume critically interrogates the relation between gender violence and human rights as Fiji, Papua New Guinea nad Vanuatu and their communities and citizens engage with,...
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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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Exploring Multidimensional Poverty in Fiji: Findings from a Study Using the Individual Deprivation Measure
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Poverty data in Fiji is derived from household income and expenditure data, collected via periodic Household Income and Expenditure Surveys. Given gender inequality within households can...
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Do No Harm Research Project Report: Women in Formal Employment Survey
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The State, Society and Governance in Melanesia program at the Australian National University and the International Women’s Development Agency undertook the Do No Harm research project in...
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Gender Inclusive Value Chains: Improving Women’s Participation in Solomon Islands
Pacific Women Lead Publications
A multidonor initiative, the Second Rural Development Program (RDP II) was designed to improve basic infrastructure and services in rural areas and to strengthen the linkages between...
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DevPolicyBlog_Family-protection-orders-in-Lae-some-positive-signs
Pacific Women Lead Publications
A report from Femili PNG and the Australian National University (ANU) shows that the issuing of protection orders by the Lae District Court is becoming more efficient. The data, was...
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First research into protection orders – efficiency is improving in Lae
Pacific Women Lead Publications
A report from Femili PNG and the Australian National University (ANU) shows that the issuing of protection orders by the Lae District Court is becoming more efficient. The data, was...
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Pacific Women’s support for gender equality in Vanuatu – Fact Sheet (English/Bislama)
Australian Government Publications
Since 2009, Australian funding has supported: 10 000 survivors of family violence to receive legal assistance and counselling services. 132 women from Vanuatu have benefited from the...
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Community Healing and Rebuilding Program, Oxfam’s Strategy for Prevention of Family and Community Violence in Papua New Guinea
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Community Healing and Rebuilding Program addresses the risk factors of violence and strengthens the protective factors against it. The program draws on group therapy, community...
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Pacific Women Bougainville Performance Report 2017-2018
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women program activities support the Bougainville Gender Investment Plan, which prioritises the following objectives: Reducing family and sexual violence and assist survivors of...
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Pacific Women Regional Learning Forum on Women’s Economic Empowerment
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Pacific Women Regional Learning Forum on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) aimed to: Contribute to and build Pacific understanding and knowledge of women’s economic empowerment and...