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A Fair Legal Response to Violence Against Women on Remote Islands
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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 awareness both...
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Using the Law and Community Participation for Protection
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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. Kiribati also...
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Strong Leadership for the New Kiribati Women and Children Support Centre
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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 and...
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Privacy and Quality Services fro Survivors of Violence
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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 ESGBV...
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A New Service Opens for Survivors of Violence
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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 for...
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Publishing Gender Statistics to Promote Equality
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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 Women through...
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South-South Exchanges
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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.
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From the Ground Up: Women’s Groups Create New Crisis Services
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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 countries...
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Faith Communities Say No to Violence
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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’ to her...
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Dialling Up Services in Response to Covid-19
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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 combat this...
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Country Brief Kiribati: A Snapshot of Project Highlights
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Through a 10-year commitment, Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) connects more than 170 gender equality initiatives supported by Australia and implemented by over...
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We don’t whisper anymore: ending violence against women in the North Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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 ‘story of...
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Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development overview
Pacific Women Lead Video
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.
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Pacific Women Program Overview (2020)
Pacific Women Lead Video
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 supported by...
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Challenges in addressing Violence Against Women in Kiribati
Pacific Women Lead Video
How can we encourage community members to take an active role in eliminating violence against women? Do the police play an important role in this? Hear what EribwebweTakirua, Police...
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Video
Women in Parliament- Kiribati's Hon.Maere Tekanene
Pacific Women Lead Video
What were the factors that supported Kiribati's Minister for Education Hon. Maere Tekanene's progression into national level leadership? Watch to hear first-hand about her amazing and...
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Video
Working Together to Improve Gender Equality in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Video
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, economic...
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A Deeper Silence: The Unheard Experiences of Women with Disabilities – Sexual and Reproductive Health and Violence against Women in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tonga
United Nations Population Fund Publications
Similarities across the situation analyses in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tonga include: Women with disabilities make significant contributions to their communities. However, while they...
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Swimming Against the Tide: Lessons Learned from Field Research on Violence Against Women in the Solomon Islands and Kiribati
United Nations Population Fund Publications
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 the Solomon...
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Women MPs in Samoa and Kiribati
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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: Coming from a...