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109 datasets found for "vocab_regions:"Melanesia""

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What works for gender transformative approaches in Papua New Guinea

Pacific Women Lead Publications

Positive gender transformative change is not only possible, it is happening in Papua New Guinea. This is detailed in the ‘What Works for Gender Transformative Approaches in Papua New...
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Pacific Practice Note: Opening Doors for Lasting Change – Gender Transformation in Practice

Pacific Women Lead Publications

Opening Doors for Lasting Change – Gender Transformation in Practice – sharing programming approaches that have led to gender transformative change in Papua New Guinea, to inform policy,...
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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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UN Multi Country Study on Men and Violence

Pacific Women Lead Publications

This report provides findings from a study conducted with men in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea on their use of violence against women. The study...
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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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Sorcery and Witchcraft in Papua New Guinea: Problems in Definition

Pacific Women Lead Publications

This short paper looks at how the terms ‘sorcery’ and ‘witchcraft’ are frequently fused or used interchangeably, and are rarely conceptually distinguished. This blurring of the two occurs...
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Witchcraft and Sorcery Related Killings in Melanesia: The Legal Issues

Pacific Women Lead Publications

This short paper identifies four central insights from a legal positive perspective into killings related to sorcery and witchcraft accusations: The belief in sorcery and witchcraft is a...
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Vanuatu National Survey on Women’s Lives and Family Relationships

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The Vanuatu study shows that violence against women is prevalent: Among women who have ever had an intimate sexual relationship with a partner, 60% experienced physical and/or sexual...
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Helpdesk Research Report: Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Pacific

Pacific Women Lead Publications

This review looks at major trends in spending (comparing women and men), the chief barriers to women having more income and control of their finances, and the key opportunities for...
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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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Violence Against Women in PNG: How Men Are Getting Away With Murder

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The women of Papua New Guinea endure some of the most extreme levels of violence in the world. They continue to be attacked with impunity despite their government’s promises of justice....
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Hem No Leit Tumas: Evidence for Improved Outcomes in Solomon Islands – Summary Report

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The study unearthed a large amount of information about the delivery of adult literacy programs in rural communities, as well as finding some significant gaps in available information....
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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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Preventing Violence at Home, Allowing Violence in the Workplace: A Case Study of Security Guards in PNG

Pacific Women Lead Publications

This short paper draws on the views shared by security guards who participated in discussion groups as part of a larger research project that explores how men interpret and respond to...
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Transforming Workplace Norms in PNG: The Role of the Business Coalition for Women

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The link between women’s economic empowerment and the elimination of violence is pertinent in Papua New Guinea. Significant and persistent gender disparities limit the capacity of all...
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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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New Draft National Action Plan to Address Sorcery Accusation-Related Violence in PNG

Pacific Women Lead Publications

In 2013, widespread publicity given to the deaths of two women accused of witchcraft in Papua New Guinea drew international and national attention to the problem of sorcery and witchcraft...
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Home-Brewed Alcohol, Gender and Violence in the West Papuan Highlands

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The production and consumption of home-brew in the highlands is adding a dangerous ingredient to already volatile ethnic, gendered, and political conditions. While scholars have typically...
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Witch hunts in Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands Province: A Fieldwork Report

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The issue of sorcery and witchcraft-related accusations and violence in Papua New Guinea is receiving increasing attention domestically and internationally. A growing body of literature...