This project arose out of the United Nations global ‘Lessons Learned Project’ in which the FWRM and the Pacific RRRT jointly examined the application of human rights based approach to legislative reform using the Fiji Family Law Act.1 As a result of examining how...
Library
Supplement to LAW FOR PACIFIC WOMEN A Legal Rights Handbook
SPC RRRT is unique in that its programmed base continues to have a gender and a rights-based approach as its foundation. In 1998 RRRT was awarded the prestigious UNICEF Maurice Pate Award for its cutting edge work in gender and human rights and, in 2005, it was chosen...
Review of Progress in Implementing the Beijing Platform for Action in Pacific Island Countries and Territories
To read the full report click here. Executive summary The past 20 years have seen significant progress in gender equality being recognised as being an integral part of the economic, political, cultural and social development of Pacific Island countries and...
Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region Project
To read the full report click here. When change in sea level is measured with a tide gauge over a number of years one cannot be sure whether the sea is rising or the land is sinking. To local people, the relative sea level change is of paramount importance. Vertical...