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Exploring the impact of family and sexual violence on families and children
Researchers from Australian National University, University of Papua New Guinea and the Lae University of Technology explored the connections between women’s experiences of... -
How Do Perceptions of Relative Poverty Affect Women’s Empowerment?
Employing an established survey treatment to subtly alter respondents’ perception of their relative economic wellbeing, it was noted that increased feelings of relative poverty... -
Pacific Women Thematic Brief: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent...
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... -
Stocktake of Gender Mainstreaming in Papua New Guinea
The Pacific Community (SPC), in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank and UN Women conducts assessments of national governments’ capacity to conduct gender mainstreaming... -
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Evidence, Data and Knowledge in...
This literature review and annotated bibliography synthesises material on the social context in addressing violence against women. It covers the following themes: Challenges in... -
Pacific Feminists and Activists: Re-framing, Re-articulating and...
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... -
Responding to Violence Against Women in Melanesia and East Timor
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... -
Pacific Markets and Market Vendors: Evidence, Data and Knowledge in Pacific...
This literature review and annotated bibliography regarding markets and market traders in the Pacific Island region has been grouped into the following topics: Nature and extent... -
Rural Pacific Island Women and Agriculture: Data, Evidence and Knowledge in...
This literature review synthesises material from the books, academic articles, and reports listed in the attached annotated bibliography on Pacific Island women and agriculture.... -
Review of Violence Against Women in Melanesia and Timor-Leste
This report comprises a regional report and five country specific reports which contain more specific recommendations for each country. This regional report articulates a... -
State of Media and Communications Report 2013
The Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS) State of Media and Communication Study is designed to provide baseline measures on the key evaluation questions developed by PACMAS... -
Women Political Empowerment National Consultation: Local Government
Gender inequality in Papua New Guinea is widespread, and achievements to date have been poor. Papua New Guinea ranks 123 out of 156 countries on the Gender-related Development... -
Equality Matters: Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment Strategy PNG program...
Equality Matters is a five‑year strategy developed to increase equality of development outcomes for women, men, girls and boys across the Australian‑funded aid program in Papua... -
Women in Local Government – Stories of Inspiration from Bougainville
Despite the existence of affirmative action measures at the sub-national level in almost all Pacific island countries (a little known fact), women’s political representation at... -
Actions and Impacts for a Peaceful Pacific: 2015 and Beyond
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... -
Outcome Statement: Pacific Parliamentarians Tackle Gender Equality
The outcomes statement describes the sessions, discussions and panels held during the 2015 Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships Forum. Paricipants identified the following... -
Campaigning as a Woman
The 2015 Bougainville General Election was significant for women’s political participation in Bougainville. It was only the third election to be held in Bougainville, and... -
Measuring the cost of gender-based violence in PNG
This toolkit presents an approach to assessing the cost impacts of gender-based violence on businesses in Papua New Guinea. The costing methodology and tools consist of four... -
Theology of Gender Equality
This pamphlet identifies ten principles of gender equality theology, using biblical quotes to support each statement: Being human is a birth-right. Created in God’s image and... -
CARE’s Community Workshop Series: End of Project review of the Highlands...
This internal end of project review evaluates the effectiveness of the Community Workshop Series and found evidence of contributing to positive changes in community and...