How to Improve Women’s Economic Agency Without Compromising Their Safety

The Pacific Women funded Do No Harm research explored the relationship between women’s economic advancement and empowerment, and women’s experience of domestic violence. The research was carried out between 2014 and 2018 in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (including the Autonomous Region of Bougainville). The report found that an increase in women’s economic empowerment did not necessarily lead to a stronger negotiating position within a marital relationship or a decrease in violence against women.