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This report reviews the national legislation in six Pacific Island countries to identify existing biases or barriers that may inhibit the realization of human rights, including gender issues, for small-scale coastal fishers and fish workers. The analysis covers five...
This policy brief highlights the opportunities for Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) to include human rights principles in coastal fisheries and aquaculture legislation and identifies existing barriers to their effective implementation. Following the...
To read the full report click here. Summary Economic empowerment of women is a ‘development game changer’ because when more women participate in either the formal or informal economy, their families, communities and countries become wealthier. This empowerment...
To read the full report click here. 1. About the PPA The Pacific Platform for Action for Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights (PPA): provides a roadmap for accelerating achievement of gender equality and enhancing the well-‐being of...
To read the full report click here. Introduction In 1994, Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) adopted the first regional instrument to promote gender equality: the Pacific Platform for Action on the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality (PPA)....
To read the full report click here. What is the Commission on the Status of Women? Established in 1947, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental organisation dedicated to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of...
To read the full report click here. Preamble 1. The 13th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women, hosted by the Pacific Community (SPC), was held from 2 to 5 October 2017 in Suva, Fiji. The theme of the Conference was ‘economic empowerment of Pacific women’. 2....
To read the full report click here. We dedicate this cookbook to all the beautiful Pacific Islanders out there who love food and love life. You can’t have one without the other, but your enjoyment of each depends on balance. Many of us are turning away from the most...