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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... -
The Public Service Commission and Balance of Power is inviting the public to...
The photo exhibition “Celebrating Women in the Public Service” was held in Port Vila in July 2020, as part of Vanuatu’s 40th Independence celebrations. The exhibition narrated... -
IOM and Australia partnership to improve women’s access to services in...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia partnered with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the Federated States of Micronesia to fund a new project... -
Tongan families being supported by Australia to help with crisis response...
In 2020, Australia committed an additional AUD203, 000 to address the needs of women and children through the responses to COVID-19 in Tonga. The additional funding was provided... -
Chuuk Women's Council Officially Launches FSM's First Violence Against Women...
The Chuuk Women’s Council launched its new Tongen Inepwineu Counselling Centre, which translated means ‘Love of the Family’ Counselling Centre. It is the first crisis support... -
Tuvalu celebrates International Women’s Day and calls for safer homes and communities
Working towards gender equality is a priority for Tuvalu National Council for Women, a non-government organisation that has connected women across Tuvalu since 1977. In addition... -
Palau Women Entrepreneurship Forum highlights the business of culture and wellbeing
Palau’s Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs hosted a women’s forum titled ‘The Business of Culture and Wellbeing’ in March 2020 to raise awareness and promote discussion... -
Pacific girls under the spotlight at the United Nations CRC event in Samoa
Seventeen-year-old Anamalia Falemaka of Talitha Project in Tonga participated in the UNCRC side event in Samoa in March 2020 titled ‘A dive into the Blue Pacific’. Girls like... -
Refurbished Chuuk Women's Council Building to Soon Have Domestic Violence...
The Chuuk Women Council’s Tongen Inepwineu Counseling Service responds to, and aims to prevent, gender-based violence (GBV), including domestic violence in FSM. Support from the... -
First Gender Equality and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Staff Workshop -...
The Pohnpei Division of the FSM Department of Health & Social Affairs held its first Gender Equality and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) training for new staff. The training...