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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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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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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...
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Pacific Women Thematic Brief: Gender and COVID-19 in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Health pandemics have specific and severe impacts on the lives of women and girls. Since the COVID-19 outbreak first had reported cases, the gendered impacts began being documented in the...
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Pacific Women Thematic Brief: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent girls in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This Thematic Brief discusses five key messages about the emerging impacts of COVID-19 on adolescent girsl in the Pacific: Disrupted education: School closures have disrupted girl’s...
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Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Evidence, Data and Knowledge in Pacific Island Countries
UN Women Publications
This literature review and annotated bibliography synthesises material on the social context in addressing violence against women. It covers the following themes: Challenges in Addressing...
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The Costs of Violence
UN Women Publications
A critical mass of information and specialised knowledge on violence against women costing techniques has emerged within the Asia-Pacific region. This report highlights selected regional...
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Solomon Islands Family Health and Safety Study
The Pacific Community (SPC) Publications
The Solomon Islands study shows that violence against women is prevalent: 64% of ever-partnered women aged 15–49 reported experiencing physical or sexual violence, or both, by an intimate...
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Revised Pacific Platform For Action on Advancement of Women and Gender Equality 2005-2015
The Pacific Community (SPC) Publications
The Revised Pacific Platform For Action is a regional charter developed and agreed to by representatives from all Pacific Island countries and territories. It has four strategic themes:...
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Review of Violence Against Women in Melanesia and Timor-Leste
Australian Government Publications
This report comprises a regional report and five country specific reports which contain more specific recommendations for each country. This regional report articulates a framework for...
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Manual for Costing A Multi-Disciplinary Package of Response Services for Women and Girls Subjected to Violence
UN Women Publications
Costing is an emerging area of research within efforts to address and prevent violence against women, whereby researchers and advocates are working to measure the economic impact of such...
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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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Program Brief: Pacific Regional Ending Violence Against Women Facility Fund
UN Women Publications
The UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office, in consultation with partners, identified two main challenges facing Pacific organisations and networks to scale up efforts to end violence against...
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Pacific Brief: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
UN Women Publications
Violence against women and girls is a grave violation of human rights. It also has tremendous costs for individuals and societies, especially in the Pacific, from greater health care...
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Gender-Based Violence Prevention: Lessons from World Bank Impact Evaluations
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Emerging policy lessons from World Bank evaluations of programs to prevent violence against women include: Programs to increase women’s economic empowerment may reduce GBV by increasing...
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Population and Development Profiles: Pacific Islands Countries
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This report contains population and demographic data and development profiles for 15 Pacific countries. Four of these countries (Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) are...
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UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office’s Annual Report 2014
UN Women Publications
This annual report notes that the eyes of the world were focused on Samoa and the wider region for the Small Islands Developing States Conference and UN Women’s Executive Director,...
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Women Peace Human Security and Development Update – A FemLINKPACIFIC Policy Brief
Pacific Women Lead Publications
FemLINKpacific is a local, regional, and national catalyst for change through the use of accessible media and information. This is FemLINKPACIFIC’s policy brief from May 2014, providing...
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Actions and Impacts for a Peaceful Pacific: 2015 and Beyond
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This publication brings together the perspectives of women involved in the Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency of Bougainville, Vois Blong Mere Solomon of Solomon Islands and Ma’a...
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EVAW toolkit first of its kind in the Pacific
UN Women Publications
This toolkit is a step-by-step guide to every stage of the project cycle for projects targeted at ending violence against women – from basic concepts such as gender, human rights and...