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… Action (PPA). Its purpose was to identify regional issues and priorities within those Critical Areas and to put them into a local context. The framework was … and Pacific Island women and men more generally with a resource for understanding where we are on the road to gender …
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… Island countries achieve their objectives of inclusive and effective leadership in line with national policy … Power aims to contribute to a ‘better balance’ in women’s and men’s leadership roles and opportunities. Building on lessons learned on what works …
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… FemLINKpacific is a local, regional, and national catalyst for change through the use of accessible media and information. This is FemLINKPACIFIC’s policy brief from … the call for improvements in rural infrastructure (roads, water and electricity supply) and enhancing health services …
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… looks at the example of women parliamentarians in Kiribati and Samoa to identify common characteristics of women who … been successful at being elected: - Coming from a large and influential family provides an important ‘base vote’, willing campaign helpers, and potential financiers. Women MPs also tend to come from …
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… conducting researching violence against women in Kiribati and Solomon Islands included: - There is overwhelming … evidence that the studies in the Solomon Islands and Kiribati were generally been carried out appropriately and effectively. - There is an overriding sense of …
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… considerable regional differences. - Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands have high gender inequality, but perhaps … surprisingly, so do the Federated States of Micronesia and Nauru. - Polynesia averages the same as high human … due to gender inequality. - Cook Islands, Niue and Fiji have the least gender inequality of the Pacific region. …
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… of young persons with disabilities to policymakers and advocates. It provides: - An up-to-date analysis on the … young persons with disabilities concerning discrimination and sexual violence, including the impact on their sexual and … to health and safety. In humanitarian crises and low-resource environments, young persons with disabilities are …
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… equality to men in most modern spheres of government and the economy, but have never succeeded in winning more … A nationwide survey of women’s participation in political and economic village-based organisations, covering all … in local government councils, church leadership, school management and community-based organisations. Without …
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… Key findings from the evaluation include: - Family and Sexual Violence Units (FSVUs) are highly relevant for expanding services to survivors of family and sexual violence (FSV). - The effectiveness of FSVU … constrained by internalised gender norms of male dominance and authority and women’s dependence and obedience. These …
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… the importance of gender equality through the Pacific Plan and in various Forum Communiqués. The purpose of this brief … Rio +20 conference to the importance of gender equality and to ensure contributions to the global sustainable development agenda and negotiations take into consideration gender equality …
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… sector in the Pacific to address violence against women and provides examples of how States can begin to calculate … there is little information available on the successes and impacts of these initiatives. There is limited analysis … sector responses. Outside Papua New Guinea and perhaps Fiji, private sector organisations are less networked …
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… across the situation analyses in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tonga include: - Women with disabilities make significant … However, while they have similar talents, skills and experience as other women, they may be more often underrecognised and have fewer opportunities. - Each country has a committed …
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… women’s economic empowerment raised the most questions and discussion: - Women’s economic status is … are more likely than men to work in low-paying, informal and precarious work, without safety nets, job security, paid … crisis of COVID-19 and the aftermath of Cyclone Harold in Fiji and Cyclone Tino in Tuvalu. - Actions to support women’s …
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… with national population policies is steadily increasing and the integration of sexual and reproductive health into primary health programs has also … this goal. The small island states of Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, …