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Video
Shamima Ali (FWCC) talks about Violence Against Women in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Video
Shamima Ali, Coordinator of the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre (FWCC), provides an overview of the issue of violence against women it the Pacific, the drivers of violence and the importance...
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Due Diligence and State Responsibility to End Violence Against Women: Standards, Indicators and Good Practices
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The project aims to add content to the international legal principle of due diligence in the context of state responsibility to end violence against women. It seeks to create compliance...
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‘A Woman Should Be Beaten If She Deserves Punishment’: Conversations with Men and Women in Fiji and PNG
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Among the consequences of conflict over gender roles or norms, the most disempowering one is violence against women. As part of the World Bank’s qualitative study informing the World...
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Developing Insecurity: Sorcery, Witchcraft and Melanesian Economic Development
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This paper draws explicit links between witchcraft and sorcery practices and beliefs in Melanesia, and poor development outcomes. It notes four distinct categories of impact: The...
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An Analysis of Judicial Sentencing Practices in SGBV Cases in PICs
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This study analysed a random selection of 908 cases from seven Pacific Island countries, including 111 domestic violence cases and 787 sexual assault cases. Each case is analysed to...
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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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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: 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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Pacific Feminists and Activists: Re-framing, Re-articulating and Re-energizing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In this statement, Pacific feminist, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights advocates call for: Papua New Guinea State to repeal the Sorcery Act and investigate and prosecute all...
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Responding to Violence Against Women in Melanesia and East Timor
Australian Government Publications
The report titled ‘Violence against Women in Melanesia and East Timor: Building on Global and Regional Promising Approaches’ by the Australian Government’s Office of Development...
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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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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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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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Pacific Women’s Fiji Country Reflection and Planning Workshop 2017
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The purpose of the workshop was to share findings from the review of the Pacific Women Fiji Country Plan and the Pacific Women Year Three Evaluation and consider the implications of...
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Unlocking the opportunity in the Pacific menstrual health market
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This report presents lessons learned from menstrual health actors working in the Asia-Pacific region and focuses on the local context of island-based nations. It is a unique case-study...
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Fiji Women’s Fund Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Toolkit
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This toolkit provides sequential activities to support organisations to ensure that gender equality and the empowerment of women are integrated into their programming. The activities are:...
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Pacific Women and Fiji Women’s Fund Fiji Annual Reflection and Planning Workshop 2019 Report
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This report summarises the workshop approach, objectives, key learning outcomes and participant recommendations of the third Pacific Women and Fiji Women’s Fund Fiji Annual Reflection and...
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About Pacific Girl
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This document provides details about the Australian Government’s investment in supporting adolescent girls in the Pacific. It includes information about: The funded implementing partner’s...