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Helpdesk Research Report: Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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 for...
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Gendered Priorities to Move out of Poverty Findings from Fiji: Part 2
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Poverty profiles presented in Fiji emphasise income, consumption and expenditure characteristics that are often associated with poverty measurement at a household level. Measurement...
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‘What Is Mine Is Yours’: Women’s Asset Control and Decision-Making in Fiji and PNG
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This short paper draws on narratives from communities who participated in research in Fiji and Papua New Guinea. The findings suggest that strong gender norms may constrain women’s agency...
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Poverty Measurement: What’s Gender Got to do with it? Findings from Fiji: Part 1
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This short paper reports on planned research in Fiji, the first country in the Pacific to pilot a measure of poverty at an individual level from a gender perspective. Pacific Island...
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The Last Taboo: Research on Managing Menstruation in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Key findings from this research into women’s and girl’s experiences of menstruation in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands are: Adolescent girls and women face a number of...
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The Last Taboo: Research on Managing Menstruation in the Pacific Fiji
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Key findings from this research into women’s and girl’s experiences of menstruation in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands are: Adolescent girls and women face a number of...
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The Last Taboo: Research on Managing Menstruation in the Pacific - Solomon Island
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Key findings from this research into women’s and girl’s experiences of menstruation in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands are: Adolescent girls and women face a number of...
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The Last Taboo: Research on Managing Menstruation in the Pacific PNG
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Key findings from this research into women’s and girl’s experiences of menstruation in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands are: Adolescent girls and women face a number of...
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The Last Taboo: Research on Managing Menstruation in the Pacific Literature Review
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Key findings from this research into women’s and girl’s experiences of menstruation in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands are: Adolescent girls and women face a number of...
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Exploring Multidimensional Poverty in Fiji: Findings from a Study Using the Individual Deprivation Measure
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Poverty data in Fiji is derived from household income and expenditure data, collected via periodic Household Income and Expenditure Surveys. Given gender inequality within households can...
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Tackling Childcare: The Business Case for Employer Supported Childcare in Fiji
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Each year, businesses and the public sector in Fiji are losing an average of 12.7 workdays per employee due to the responsibilities of working parents. Limited, unregulated and...
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The Business Case for Workplace Responses to Domestic and Sexual Violence in Fiji
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Fiji has one of the highest rates of domestic and sexual violence in the world with almost two-thirds of the country’s women experiencing domestic or sexual violence during their...
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Pacific Women Thematic Brief: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent girls in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
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 girl’s...
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Pacific Markets and Market Vendors: Evidence, Data and Knowledge in Pacific Island Countries
UN Women Publications
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 of market...
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Rural Pacific Island Women and Agriculture: Data, Evidence and Knowledge in Pacific Islands Countries
UN Women Publications
This literature review synthesises material from the books, academic articles, and reports listed in the attached annotated bibliography on Pacific Island women and agriculture....
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Population and Development Profiles: Pacific Islands Countries
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This report contains population and demographic data and development profiles for 15 Pacific countries. Four of these countries (Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) are...
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Pacific Women’s Fiji Country Reflection and Planning Workshop 2017
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The purpose of the workshop was to share findings from the review of the Pacific Women Fiji Country Plan and the Pacific Women Year Three Evaluation and consider the implications of...
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Pacific Women and Fiji Women’s Fund Fiji Annual Reflection and Planning Workshop 2018 Report
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This report summarises the workshop approach, objectives, key learning outcomes and participant recommendations of the third Pacific Women and Fiji Women’s Fund Fiji Annual Reflection and...
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Pacific Women Regional Learning Forum on Women’s Economic Empowerment
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Pacific Women Regional Learning Forum on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) aimed to: Contribute to and build Pacific understanding and knowledge of women’s economic empowerment and...
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Review of Spa Academy Rural Scholarship Program Report
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The review finds that there are very strong outcomes for Spa Academy scholarship graduates and their families. Graduates feel more confident and valuable. Graduates have increased...