To read the full report click here. Overview This module provides practical guidance to institutions and individuals interested or involved in campaigning to end violence against women and girls (VAW), including, amongst others, women’s groups, human rights and...
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Women and Children’s Access to the Formal Justice System in Vanuatu
To read the full report click here. Executive Summary In 2009, the Vanuatu Women’s Centre (VWC) in partnership with the Vanuatu National Statistics Office (VNSO) completed the first Vanuatu National Survey on Women’s Lives and Family Relationships. This survey...
Temporary Special Measures to Increase Women’s Political Participation in the Pacific: Case Studies of Implementation in the Region
To read the full report click here. Women’s empowerment and political participation are a matter of human rights. While the right to vote and contest elections is now widely available to women all over the world, the goal of gender balance in political institutions is...
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of 1995
To read the full report click here. Introduction The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of 1995 is a visionary agenda for the empowerment of women. It still remains today the most comprehensive global policy framework and blueprint for action, and is a current...