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Pacific Women’s Leadership Scoping Study
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Outside of national politics, Pacific women are often visible as leaders. The study found that Pacific women from places as far afield as Bougainville and Samoa are leaders in diverse...
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Supporting Democracy: Women’s Political Leadership
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This literature review identifies assumptions underpinning key questions relating to the appropriateness of donor assistance to activities and programs designed to support democratic...
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Reaching into the Bilum Motherhood as a Source of Women’s Power in Papua New Guinea
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In Papua New Guinea, it is primarily through being ‘good’ wives, mothers and household managers that women become valued. This situation can leave young women and those who do not become...
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Women’s Representation and the Use of Reserved Seats in Bougainville
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Autonomous Region of Bougainville introduced the Pacific’s first parliamentary reserved seats for women system in 2004. While the system guarantees a minimum level of representation...
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Developing Young Women’s Collective Action in Vanuatu
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This short paper reflects on the experiences of 38 young, educated women in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It finds that: Young women in Melanesia are subject to intimate...
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Emerging Women Leaders in Solomon Islands: The Aims and Activities of the Young Women’s Parliamentary Group
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This research shows that the young women who are part of the Young Women's Parliamentary Group are working to advance women’s participation and leadership in a range of ways in Solomon...
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Bougainville Young Women’s Leadership Research
Pacific Women Lead Publications
For this research, 12 young Bougainvillean women were trained in research methods. Six teams of two women then undertook research in six districts, covering the three regions of...
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Pawa Blong Meri: Women Candidates in the 2015 Bougainville Election
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The 2015 Bougainville election saw a record number of women candidates, and a record number of women were elected. While one in three open constituencies had at least one woman candidate,...
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Big Men Drink Beer; Drunk Big Men Do Not Hit Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Numerous studies show obvious links between alcohol abuse and violence in Melanesia. In Papua New Guinea, alcohol is incorporated into sociality involving gift exchange and distribution...
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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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Experiences of Female Candidates in the 2017 Papua New Guinea General Election
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Papua New Guinea went to the polls in June–July 2017 for its ninth general election since independence. Despite a record number of women standing – around five per cent of the total...
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Stocktake of Gender Mainstreaming in the Solomon Islands
The Pacific Community (SPC) Publications
The Pacific Community (SPC), in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank and UN Women conducts assessments of national governments’ capacity to conduct gender mainstreaming of...
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Stocktake of Gender Mainstreaming in Papua New Guinea
The Pacific Community (SPC) Publications
The Pacific Community (SPC), in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank and UN Women conducts assessments of national governments’ capacity to conduct gender mainstreaming of...
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Rise Up! Evaluation Report
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The evaluation of the Rise Up! program found: 93% of participants reported that they shared information on what they learnt through Rise Up! informally with their peers, family and other...
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Fiji Young Women’s Forum Outcomes Statement 2013
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Fiji Young Women’s’ Forum convened by Diverse Voices and Action for Equality (DIVA), Emerging Leaders Forum Alumni, Young Women Producers and Broadcasters - FemLINKpacific and the...
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Women Political Empowerment National Consultation: Local Government
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Gender inequality in Papua New Guinea is widespread, and achievements to date have been poor. Papua New Guinea ranks 123 out of 156 countries on the Gender-related Development Index and...
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Equality Matters: Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment Strategy PNG program 2010–2015
Australian Government Publications
Equality Matters is a five‑year strategy developed to increase equality of development outcomes for women, men, girls and boys across the Australian‑funded aid program in Papua New...
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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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Candidates Training: ‘Transformative Leadership and Campaign Training for potential women candidates’
UN Women Publications
The candidates’ training was held from 2-6 December 2013. Fifteen participants from 8 provinces in the Solomon Islands attended the training. This included twelve potential women...
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Women in Local Government – Stories of Inspiration from Bougainville
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Despite the existence of affirmative action measures at the sub-national level in almost all Pacific island countries (a little known fact), women’s political representation at this level...