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A Fair Legal Response to Violence Against Women on Remote Islands
Pacific Women is supporting the judiciary in Kiribati to reach out to some of the most remote communities in the country. The judiciary’s Enabling Rights project raises... -
Using the Law and Community Participation for Protection
Families in Kiribati are participating in UNICEF’s positive parenting program to promote homes, communities and schools that are free from violence, abuse and exploitation.... -
Strong Leadership for the New Kiribati Women and Children Support Centre
Funded under the Australian aid program’s Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development initiative, and with support from the Kiribati Family Health Association, the Kiribati Women... -
Privacy and Quality Services fro Survivors of Violence
The Ending Sexual and Gender Based Violence (ESGBV) Policy and 10-year National Action Plan outline the Kiribati Government’s approach to ending violence against women. The... -
A New Service Opens for Survivors of Violence
The Kiribati Women and Children Support Centre opened in Tarawa in January 2018. It is the first formal counselling and advocacy service for women in the country, filling a gap... -
Publishing Gender Statistics to Promote Equality
The Kiribati National Statistics Office collaborated with the Ministry of Women, Youth, Sports and Social Affairs to produce the Abstract, with regional funding from Pacific... -
South-South Exchanges
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. -
From the Ground Up: Women’s Groups Create New Crisis Services
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... -
Faith Communities Say No to Violence
Pastor Tura is the first female lecturer at Seghe Theological College in Solomon Islands. Using materials developed by UnitingWorld, she is teaching ‘gender equality theology’... -
Dialling Up Services in Response to Covid-19
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... -
Country Brief Kiribati: A Snapshot of Project Highlights
Through a 10-year commitment, Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) connects more than 170 gender equality initiatives supported by Australia and implemented... -
We don’t whisper anymore: ending violence against women in the North Pacific
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... -
A Deeper Silence: The Unheard Experiences of Women with Disabilities –...
Similarities across the situation analyses in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tonga include: Women with disabilities make significant contributions to their communities. However,... -
Swimming Against the Tide: Lessons Learned from Field Research on Violence...
Lessons from the UNFPA’s process of conducting researching violence against women in Kiribati and Solomon Islands included: There is overwhelming evidence that the studies in... -
Women MPs in Samoa and Kiribati
This short paper looks at the example of women parliamentarians in Kiribati and Samoa to identify common characteristics of women who have been successful at being elected:... -
Helpdesk Research Report: Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Pacific
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... -
Kiribati Family Health and Support Study
The Kiribati study shows that violence against women is prevalent: More than 2 in 3 (68%) ever-partnered women aged 15–49 reported experiencing physical or sexual violence, or... -
An Analysis of Judicial Sentencing Practices in SGBV Cases in PICs
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... -
Power, Politics and Coalitions in the Pacific: Lessons from Collective...
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:... -
Review of Counselling Services in the Pacific
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...
