Dataset - Pacific Data Hub

Filter by

Can not find the dataset you want? You can make use of our Suggest a dataset form to request the dataset you would like to make available, but first search the Dataset Suggestions page to see if someone else has already requested the same dataset, and click on the upvote button.

Suggest a Dataset

Order by

2,561 datasets found for "vocab_regions:"Melanesia""

Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Violence Against Women in PNG: How Men Are Getting Away With Murder

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The women of Papua New Guinea endure some of the most extreme levels of violence in the world. They continue to be attacked with impunity despite their government’s promises of justice....
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Hem No Leit Tumas: Evidence for Improved Outcomes in Solomon Islands – Summary Report

Pacific Women Lead Publications

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 information....
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Women’s Representation and the Use of Reserved Seats in Bougainville

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The Autonomous Region of Bougainville introduced the Pacific’s first parliamentary reserved seats for women system in 2004. While the system guarantees a minimum level of representation...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Preventing Violence at Home, Allowing Violence in the Workplace: A Case Study of Security Guards in PNG

Pacific Women Lead Publications

This short paper draws on the views shared by security guards who participated in discussion groups as part of a larger research project that explores how men interpret and respond to...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Transforming Workplace Norms in PNG: The Role of the Business Coalition for Women

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The link between women’s economic empowerment and the elimination of violence is pertinent in Papua New Guinea. Significant and persistent gender disparities limit the capacity of all...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Developing Young Women’s Collective Action in Vanuatu

Pacific Women Lead Publications

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 intimate...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

New Draft National Action Plan to Address Sorcery Accusation-Related Violence in PNG

Pacific Women Lead Publications

In 2013, widespread publicity given to the deaths of two women accused of witchcraft in Papua New Guinea drew international and national attention to the problem of sorcery and witchcraft...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Home-Brewed Alcohol, Gender and Violence in the West Papuan Highlands

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The production and consumption of home-brew in the highlands is adding a dangerous ingredient to already volatile ethnic, gendered, and political conditions. While scholars have typically...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Witch hunts in Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands Province: A Fieldwork Report

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The issue of sorcery and witchcraft-related accusations and violence in Papua New Guinea is receiving increasing attention domestically and internationally. A growing body of literature...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Emerging Women Leaders in Solomon Islands: The Aims and Activities of the Young Women’s Parliamentary Group

Pacific Women Lead Publications

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 Solomon...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Papuan Perspectives on Family Planning, Fertility and Birth Control

Pacific Women Lead Publications

Papuan perspectives on family planning have historically emphasised political concerns that reflect the tensions between the Indonesian state and indigenous rights – Papuans have...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Bougainville Young Women’s Leadership Research

Pacific Women Lead Publications

For this research, 12 young Bougainvillean women were trained in research methods. Six teams of two women then undertook research in six districts, covering the three regions of...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Pawa Blong Meri: Women Candidates in the 2015 Bougainville Election

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The 2015 Bougainville election saw a record number of women candidates, and a record number of women were elected. While one in three open constituencies had at least one woman candidate,...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Big Men Drink Beer; Drunk Big Men Do Not Hit Women

Pacific Women Lead Publications

Numerous studies show obvious links between alcohol abuse and violence in Melanesia. In Papua New Guinea, alcohol is incorporated into sociality involving gift exchange and distribution...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

The 2013 Survey on HIV in Tanah Papua: Gender, Ethnicity and ‘Casual Partners’

Pacific Women Lead Publications

This paper reports that in Tanah Papua (the western half of the island of New Guinea, currently comprising the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua), there was an HIV prevalence...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Developing Insecurity: Sorcery, Witchcraft and Melanesian Economic Development

Pacific Women Lead Publications

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: The...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Sorcery Cases in Papua New Guinea’s Village Courts: Legal Innovation Part IV

Pacific Women Lead Publications

The Sorcery Act criminalised the use of sorcery for ‘evil purposes’. It was repealed in 2013 in the wake of several high profile and gruesome killings related to sorcery accusations,...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Using Mobile Phones to Track Anti-Witchcraft Violence in Papua New Guinea

Pacific Women Lead Publications

This short paper details a pilot project using mobile phones to record and report data about accusations of witchcraft at funerals. The pilot is part of a growing body of work that uses...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

An Analysis of Judicial Sentencing Practices in SGBV Cases in PICs

Pacific Women Lead Publications

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 analysed to...
Calculated using the Open data scale

Publications

Developing Good Practice in Workplace Responses to Family and Sexual Violence in PNG

Pacific Women Lead Publications

Findings from participatory action research undertaken with family and sexual violence service providers, advocates, businesses, and their employees in Papua New Guinea strongly indicate...