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Covid-19 Burden of Care Falling on Adolescent Girls
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the burden of care on women and girls. In normal circumstances, caring for siblings and children in the community and additional household... -
Women Market Vendors Making Executive Decisions
Across the Pacific, women comprise 75–90 per cent of market vendors. Yet decisions about markets have historically been made by market management and municipal councils... -
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... -
Meet Freda Soraicomua, Solomon Islands Minister for Rural Development
At the third Pacific Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships forum, Pacific Women had the opportunity to meet with many of the Pacific women parliamentarians gathered for the three-... -
Country Brief Solomon Islands: 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... -
Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development overview
This video provides an overview of Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development a regional gender equality program supported by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. -
Pacific Women Program Overview (2020)
Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) is one of the largest global commitments to gender equality. It connects more than 170 gender equality initiatives... -
Pacific Women Markets 4 Change Sol Is
Alvina Erekali, the country program coordinator for UN Women in Solomon Islands, describes the Markets for Change initiative. She also shares challenges faced by women's... -
Savina Nogebatu talks about Women with Disabilities in the Solomon Islands
Savina Nongebatu reflects on the experiences of women with disabilities in the Solomon Islands - the challenges they face and support they need - as well as shares her vision... -
Working Together to Improve Gender Equality in the Pacific
Working Together to Improve Gender Equality in the Pacific looks at the exisiting challenges of advancing gender equality in the areas of leadership and decision making,... -
Pacific Women Interview with Savina Nongebatu
Savina Nongebatu, a disability inclusion and gender equality advocate in Solomon Islands and member of the Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development advisory board, reflects on... -
Pacific Women’s Leadership Scoping Study
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... -
Witchcraft and Sorcery Related Killings in Melanesia: The Legal Issues
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... -
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... -
Due Diligence and State Responsibility to End Violence Against Women:...
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... -
Hem No Leit Tumas: Evidence for Improved Outcomes in Solomon Islands – Summary Report
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... -
Developing Young Women’s Collective Action in Vanuatu
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... -
Emerging Women Leaders in Solomon Islands: The Aims and Activities of the...
This research shows that the young women who are part of the Young Women's Parliamentary Group are working to advance women’s participation and leadership in a range of ways in... -
Developing Insecurity: Sorcery, Witchcraft and Melanesian Economic Development
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:... -
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...
