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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... -
Women in Local Government – Stories of Inspiration from Fiji
The first woman to be elected to local government in Fiji was Mrs Maureen Wright in 1967 who then went on to become the Mayor of Lautoka City Council in 1970. Since then the... -
Pacific Brief: Gender, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
Climate change is a real and growing threat to livelihoods, cultures, ecosystems and lives in the Pacific region. Gender and climate change are closely linked issues. Women,... -
Advancing Gender Justice in the Pacific
Over the last 30 years the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has evolved from being just an international standard, to being a... -
Increasing Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Pacific
Women’s economic empowerment is the ability of women to bring about positive changes in their lives and societies as a result of their participation in economic activities.... -
Program Brief: Pacific Regional Ending Violence Against Women Facility Fund
The UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office, in consultation with partners, identified two main challenges facing Pacific organisations and networks to scale up efforts to end... -
Pacific Brief: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
Violence against women and girls is a grave violation of human rights. It also has tremendous costs for individuals and societies, especially in the Pacific, from greater health... -
Gender-Based Violence Prevention: Lessons from World Bank Impact Evaluations
Emerging policy lessons from World Bank evaluations of programs to prevent violence against women include: Programs to increase women’s economic empowerment may reduce GBV by... -
UN Women’s position of the post 2015 stand alone goal on achieving gender equality
This paper supports the case for a transformative goal on gender equality, women’s rights and women’s empowerment. The case for a stand-alone gender-related goal, as well as... -
Population and Development Profiles: Pacific Islands Countries
This report contains population and demographic data and development profiles for 15 Pacific countries. Four of these countries (Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Vanuatu)... -
Putting Gender Equality Centre Stage in the Pacific
This short policy brief states women’s empowerment is important because: Women’s empowerment contributes to economic growth. Marginalisation of women in Pacific island labour... -
UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office’s Annual Report 2014
This annual report notes that the eyes of the world were focused on Samoa and the wider region for the Small Islands Developing States Conference and UN Women’s Executive... -
Women Peace Human Security and Development Update – A FemLINKPACIFIC Policy Brief
FemLINKpacific is a local, regional, and national catalyst for change through the use of accessible media and information. This is FemLINKPACIFIC’s policy brief from May 2014,... -
A Practical Guide to Gender Mainstreaming in Community Organisations
This toolkit is a starting point for community organisations to mainstream gender into their work. It provides a straightforward and practical framework for gender mainstreaming... -
Public Perceptions of Women in Leadership – Research Project of the Fiji...
The findings from this study about community views about women in politics and leadership more generally provide important information about current attitudes, how these vary... -
Pacific Young People’s SRHR Factsheet
In the Pacific region 56 per cent of the population is under the age of 25. Pacific young people have diverse needs, opportunities and experiences, living as they do across... -
Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Strategy
The Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Strategy was published in 2011 by the World YWCA with support from the Pacific Leadership Program. The strategy is presented under five... -
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... -
Stocktake of Gender Mainstreaming in Kiribati
The Pacific Community (SPC), in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank and UN Women conducts assessments of national governments’ capacity to conduct gender mainstreaming... -
The Big Nine, your one-stop-shop for human rights conventions is online
This publication is a ‘one-stop-shop’ for international human rights conventions and other related documents. It is designed to be a reference for judges, magistrates, legal...
