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Pacific Girl regional discussion: “Girls Agency and the Pacific Girl Journey”
The Pacific Girl regional discussion: Girls Agency and the Pacific Girl Journey was held in June 2021. Adolescent girls and young women involved in the six initiatives supported... -
Traditional Leaders Forum of Tuvalu
Historically, Tuvalu has been a country where talking openly about domestic and family violence was taboo but national leaders have started speaking out against this crime. For... -
Tuvalu and the Pacific at the 65th session of the Commission on the Status...
The central theme of CSW65, held in March 2021, was women’s participation and decision-making in public life and the elimination of violence. As Chair of the Pacific Islands... -
Tuvalu's leaders speak out against gender-based violence during 16 Days
Prominent figures in Tuvalu took the lead during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence in 2020, speaking out against violence in a national media campaign. The... -
Pacific Women: Supporting gender-inclusive COVID-19 responses
The impacts of COVID-19 are not gender-neutral. Women and girls are disproportionately impacted by crises compared with men and boys, and so both women and men need to be... -
Women United Together in Marshall Island’s (WUTMI) expands its support...
Surveys have shown that one in three Marshallese women have experienced some form of abuse in their lifetime. ‘RMI’s rates of violence against women and children are staggering... -
Training supports police in RMI to better respond to and prevent violence...
Marshall Islands Police Department officers received training by Women United Together in Marshall Islands (WUTMI) to better respond to and prevent violence against women, with... -
Chuuk Women's Council first ever campaign for 16 Days of Activism Against...
The Chuuk Women’s Council, through its Tongen Inepwineu Counselling Center (TICC) counselling service, carried out its first 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence... -
Training for health assistants in rural locations to provide more...
About 20 Chuuk State health assistant trainees completed a training course by Chuuk Women's Council's Tongen Inepwineu Counseling Center (Ticc Gbv) on 'Gender, Violence Against... -
Adolescent Unplanned Pregnancy in the Pacific (Chuuk, Tonga and Vanuatu)
The "Adolescent Unplanned Pregnancy in the Pacific" reports present findings from Chuuk State (Federated States of Micronesia), Tonga and Vanuatu from research designed to shed... -
Pacific Girls YWCA's Rise Up! treats young girls in Solomon Islands with...
The Girls Rise Up! project is based in Honiara and aims to develop the confidence, skills to earn a living and knowledge of over 200 at-risk girls to help them establish... -
Pacific Girls YWCA's Girls Rise Up! is breaking the silence and giving a...
Clera Tegu, a 17 year-old deaf girl from Makira Ulawa Province in Solomon Islands, is one of over 200 young girls involved in the Girls Rise Up! The project aims to develop the... -
Pacific Girls YWCA's Rise Up! project to expand to rural provinces
Girls Rise Up! aims to develop the confidence, skills and knowledge of at-risk girls in Solomon Islands and to help them establish supportive peer networks and the opportunity... -
Media Releases - COVID-19 set of 4 animations developed by Pacific Women and...
In a first for Nauru, a new video animation was released about the safety of women and children in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Launched during 16 Days of Activism... -
We Rise Coalition power central to COVID-19 response
Part of the broader Pacific women’s movement, the We Rise Coalition advocates for gender equality. Members FWRM, femLINKpacific and IWDA were joined by new members Talitha... -
Launch of the new FI-E-FI-A’a Fafine Tonga (FFFT) network to support and...
Local civil society groups signed a Memorandum of Understanding affirming solidarity in supporting government commitments to gender equality, and the participation and... -
New ways of doing business in Fiji for initiatives encouraging gender-equal...
Small and micro entrepreneurs, civil society actors, regional partners, government, faith-based and women’s groups came together to share challenges and different ways of doing... -
Pacific Girl partners webinar for International Day of the Girl Child...
The Pacific Girl webinar on adolescent girls and COVID-19, coincided with the International Day of the Girl Child on October 11. It explored the impacts of the pandemic on... -
Orange Day in Marshall Islands to stop violence against women and girls
Women United Together in Marshall Island’s (WUTMI) believe that greater action is needed to intensify and strengthen partnerships to better address the issue of sexual violence... -
Tonga and 19 Graduate Economic Empowerment Training from the Tonga National...
The Women’s Economic Empowerment training program is offered at the Tonga National Centre for Women and Children. It is supported by Australia through Pacific Women Shaping...