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Promoting Full and Equal Participation for Women and Girls Living with Disabilities
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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. In FSM,...
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Progressing Gender Equality Amongst Semi-Autonomous States
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) span nearly 2,700 km of ocean. In her work to progress the adoption of a national gender policy, Ms Norleen Oliver knows first-...
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The Importance of Non-State Actors in Progressing Gender Equality
Pacific Women Lead Publications
As a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), FSM reports regularly to the CEDAW Committee on the country’s progress towards...
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Pacific Girls Shaping Pacific Development
Pacific Women Lead Publications
A new Pacific Women program focuses attention and resources on adolescents. Pacific Girl planning activities in 2017–2018 have ensured that girls and young women will shape the final...
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The Role of a Family Protection Adviser
Pacific Women Lead Publications
A Family Protection Adviser is working with the FSM Department of Health and Social Affairs to support implementation of the Pohnpei Domestic Violence Act 2017 and the Kosrae Family...
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Successful Businesses, Successful Lives
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women is supporting the Pacific Community implement the Pacific Women Growing Business project in FSM to scale up women’s businesses by providing training and one-on-one support...
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South-South Exchanges
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Family support and crisis centres across the Pacific continue to assist each other to improve levels of expertise and service to support survivors of family and sexual violence.
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A Pacific Girl Program by Pacific Girls
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Girl is Pacific Women’s dedicated, multi-country program to support adolescent girls to reach their full potential. It addresses priority issues identified through consultations...
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From the Ground Up: Women’s Groups Create New Crisis Services
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Dedicated women’s groups in small island states are leading the creation of safe spaces and the provision of quality services for women and children experiencing violence. Three countries...
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Girls are the Change Makers - Just Ask Them
Pacific Women Lead Publications
When Samoa hosted the 84th Session of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in March 2020, it was the first time any United Nations treaty body held a regional session outside...
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Covid-19 Burden of Care Falling on Adolescent Girls
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the burden of care on women and girls. In normal circumstances, caring for siblings and children in the community and additional household work often...
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Dialling Up Services in Response to Covid-19
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Existing gender inequalities are magnified during a crisis, with women having considerably less autonomy and mobility leading to increases in men’s violence against women. To combat this...
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The FSM Way: Reducing Family Violence Through Laws and Service Delivery
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Solomon Islander Ruby Awa is relishing the opportunity to move north to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to help reduce family violence. With support from the Australian...
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Eliminating Violence against Women (EVAW) in Pohnpei and Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This three-part report contains a mapping of essential services for survivors of violence against women and actions, outlining the assessment of what is in place that needs strengthening...
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Country Brief Cook Islands: A Snapshot of Project Highlights
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Through a 10-year commitment, Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) connects more than 170 gender equality initiatives supported by Australia and implemented by over...
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We don’t whisper anymore: ending violence against women in the North Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
We don’t whisper anymore – ending violence against women in the North Pacific – a set of two online publications: gender-based violence (GBV) photo book of Herstories and a ‘story of...
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LPG and Natural Gas as Alternative Energy Sources for the Pacific
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
The study assesses the potential and economic feasibility of LPG, LNG or CNG to meet medium term energy needs in PICTs. It considers the end-use applications of power generation, process...
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Federated States of Micronesia - Kosrae state 5 Grid Connected Solar Generators
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
This documents consists of the technical specification for Lot 1 of FSM (Kosrae state).The purpose of the project is to deliver, install and commission 5 solar generators connected to the...
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Support to the EnergySecotr in Five ACP Pacific Islands (REP-5): Invitation to Tender For The Supply, Installation and Commisioning Of Off-grid Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Generators
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
A short invitation to tenders for the supply, installation and commissioning of off-grid solar photovoltaics generators. The purpose of the document defines the technical conditions for...
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Support to the Energy Sector in Five ACP Pacific Islands (REP-5): Federated States of Micronesia : Inspection Report Pohnpei, April 2009
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
Short inspection report to the FSM (Pohnpei) . The aim of the inspections carried out by the REP-5 Programme Management Unit (PMU) in Pohnpei, Chuuk and Yap was to ensure that the supply...