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Girls are the Change Makers - Just Ask Them
When Samoa hosted the 84th Session of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in March 2020, it was the first time any United Nations treaty body held a regional session... -
Getting a Better Balance and Acceptance for Both Women and Men as Great Leaders
Supportive community attitudes are essential in improving’s women’s involvement in leadership and decision making. Initiated through Pacific Women, the Balance of Power is a... -
Faith Communities Say No to Violence
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’... -
Diverse Voices are Stronger Together
Coalitions are addressing social norms to create a more equal society for women and men, supported by Pacific Women. They are able to harness combined resources and networks to... -
Covid-19 Burden of Care Falling on Adolescent Girls
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the burden of care on women and girls. In normal circumstances, caring for siblings and children in the community and additional household... -
Women Market Vendors Making Executive Decisions
Across the Pacific, women comprise 75–90 per cent of market vendors. Yet decisions about markets have historically been made by market management and municipal councils... -
Tourism, Handicrafts, Dairy Farming - Fijian Business Women are Everywhere
More women in Fiji are running businesses as a result of participating in women-led collectives supported with small grants through the Women’s Fund Fiji. -
Reflection from Lululeen Santos on the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre’s Regional...
‘I’ve taken a keen interest to the domestic violence work,’ explains Lululeen Santos, ‘because back home, it’s still something that’s kept behind closed doors. Not everybody... -
Pacific Women Fiji Country Review
This report presents the findings and lessons learnt from a review of the Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) Fiji country plan. Pacific Women is a 10... -
Country Brief Fiji: A Snapshot of Project Highlights
Through a 10-year commitment, Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) connects more than 170 gender equality initiatives supported by Australia and implemented... -
Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development overview
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. -
Pacific Women Program Overview (2020)
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... -
Advocates from the Pacific talk about engaging men to achieve gender equality
Tuiloma Neroni Slade (then Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum), John Gemba (a male advocate with Eastern Highlands Family Voice in Papua New Guinea), John Ericho... -
Shamima Ali (FWCC) talks about Violence Against Women in the Pacific
Shamima Ali, Coordinator of the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre (FWCC), provides an overview of the issue of violence against women it the Pacific, the drivers of violence and the... -
Working Together to Improve Gender Equality in the Pacific
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,... -
Pacific Women Men on Gender Equality
Tuiloma Neroni Slade (then Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum), John Gemba (a male advocate with Eastern Highlands Family Voice in Papua New Guinea), John Ericho... -
Women's Economic Empowerment and COVID-19 in the Pacific: Webinar
This webinar aimed to identify measures for a gender-aware and feminist response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls in the Pacific. It also sought to... -
Disability-inclusive COVID-19 Response and Recovery: Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation
Pacific Women is proud to join the Fiji Women's Fund and Australian Humanitarian Partnership in supporting Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation and its affiliates to provide... -
Pacific Women’s Leadership Scoping Study
Outside of national politics, Pacific women are often visible as leaders. The study found that Pacific women from places as far afield as Bougainville and Samoa are leaders in... -
Supporting Democracy: Women’s Political Leadership
This literature review identifies assumptions underpinning key questions relating to the appropriateness of donor assistance to activities and programs designed to support...