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Progressing Gender Equality in Tuvalu
Pacific Women Lead Publication
Pacific Women is investing $1.8 million over three years to implement the Tuvalu Country Plan. Great steps were made in 2016 towards empowering women in the outer islands and...
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Ensuring that Survivors’ Stories are Documented Sensitively
Pacific Women Lead Publication
Vois Blong Mere Solomon (VBMS), meaning Voice of Women, is a non-government organisation in Solomon Islands that engages with the media to improve gender-sensitive reporting....
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MPs in RMI Take Action to End Violence Against Women
Pacific Women Lead Publication
Members of the Nitijela (Parliament) of RMI put strong recommendations to the President on ending violence against women following the 2016 Human Rights Dialogue facilitated by...
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Consultations to Meet the Needs of Women in RMI
Pacific Women Lead Publication
Pacific Women supported WUTMI to conduct far reaching consultations to ensure that the first support service for women and girls experiencing violence in the RMI will rightly...
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Participatory Action Research: Strengthening Project Implementation
Pacific Women Lead Publication
Educators, defenders, advocates and activists these are all roles that women human rights defenders (WHRDs) play in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. In the project From...
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Palauan Men Rethink Feminism
Pacific Women Lead Publication
In June 2016, Pacific Women supported two participants from Palau to attend the month long Regional Training Programme run by FWCC. After attending the training, the two...
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Developing Robust Family Law Legislation
Pacific Women Lead Publication
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...
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A Fair Legal Response to Violence Against Women on Remote Islands
Pacific Women Lead Publication
Pacific Women is supporting the judiciary in Kiribati to reach out to some of the most remote communities in the country. The judiciary’s Enabling Rights project raises...
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Using the Law and Community Participation for Protection
Pacific Women Lead Publication
Families in Kiribati are participating in UNICEF’s positive parenting program to promote homes, communities and schools that are free from violence, abuse and exploitation....
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Optimising technical Assistance Through Partnership
Pacific Women Lead Publication
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...
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Promoting Full and Equal Participation for Women and Girls Living with Disabilities
Pacific Women Lead Publication
Discrimination can be twofold for women and girls living with disabilities. They can experience unequal treatment because of their gender and also because of their disability....
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Making Our Families Safe Through Collective Action at the Provincial Level
Pacific Women Lead Publication
In Solomon Islands, the Safe Families project strives to create a country where family and sexual violence is no longer considered acceptable behaviour. It is taking an...
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Study of Community Level Access to Justice
Pacific Women Lead Publication
A Pacific Women-funded study into the management of community-level justice issues on the island of Malekula suggests pathways for improving access to justice for women in the...
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Strong Leadership for the New Kiribati Women and Children Support Centre
Pacific Women Lead Publication
Funded under the Australian aid program’s Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development initiative, and with support from the Kiribati Family Health Association, the Kiribati Women...
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Influencing Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women Through Film
Pacific Women Lead Publication
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...
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Promoting Bodily Integrity and Rights for Girls
Pacific Women Lead Publication
Since 2009, the Talitha Project has been empowering young women and girls between the ages of 10-25 to make sound decisions that will lead to a life free from violence. A grant...
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Reaching Rural Bougainville Through the Network of Women Human Rights Defenders
Pacific Women Lead Publication
Seventeen years ago, with just PGK1,000 in their pockets, the Sisters of Nazareth created a special place – the Nazareth Centre for Rehabilitation – that today benefits...
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Pasin Bilong Lukautim Pikinini Gut or Parenting for Child Development
Pacific Women Lead Publication
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...
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Mobilising Communities to End Violence Against Women
Pacific Women Lead Publication
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...
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Tuvalu’s Disability Study from the Perspective of a Field Worker
Pacific Women Lead Publication
The first comprehensive disability study for Tuvalu was conducted in February 2017 by field workers and research assistants including persons living with disabilities. One...