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The aim of the Vanuatu National Survey on Women’s Lives and Family Relationships was to conduct a population-based study to provide a reliable benchmark of the prevalence and incidence of violence against women in Vanuatu, and on attitudes to violence including:...
Sexual offenders make up approximately 70% of the detainees in the Correctional Center of Vanuatu. For every offender there is at least one victim and sometimes multiple victims. Victims endure not only the violence and indignity that is inherent in sexual offences...
The office of the Secretary undertook the review of the Penal Code [Cap 135] specifically the provisions that dealt or looked at sexual offences and the customary reconciliation. Vanuatu is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Custom and...
To read the full report click here. Purpose of the Paper This paper is written to support ongoing work in Vanuatu that strives to prevent violence against women and girls by synthesising the literature on effective and promising primary prevention strategies....
To read the full report click here. Introduction This paper details the results of a survey with 84 frontline welfare workers in seven Pacific countries. The results offer a snapshot of the context of sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in the Pacific and key...
To read the full report click here. Executive Summary This report is the first known study of child online protection (COP) in Vanuatu. While conducting this study, no information could be found on the Internet about COP in Vanuatu as well as most other small Pacific...
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...
To read the full report click here. This paper reviews the current literature of gender based violence in small island states, in particular, domestic violence. Domestic violence is one form of gender inequality and is a hindrance to economic growth and limits the...
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...
To view the full report click here. Station/Post: Vila Date: Place/Lieu: Vila Police Station Time/Heure: hrs Name/Nom: ...
To read the full report click here. About the Conference Most of the chapters in this book were presented as papers at a three-day conference in Port Vila, Vanuatu, in June 2000. Organised jointly by the Australian National University’s State, Society and Governance...
To read the full report click here. Executive Summary We identified and analysed 908 sentencing records involving SGBV in seven PICs: Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, PNG, Kiribati and Vanuatu. We analysed each case to determine whether gender stereotypes,...
To read the full report click here. Research shows that adolescent girls and young women experience sexual harassment, often on a daily basis, when using public transport – be it from other passengers or drivers and ticket sellers themselves. Strong gender norms...
To read the full report click here. Executive Summary This study provides information obtained from Correctional and Justice records about Sexual Offending in Vanuatu – Offences against Morality - and a profile of 120 sexual offenders on sentences at the end of...
To read the full report click here. Research Overview This research is the result of several years of engagement by the Policing and Justice Support Program (Vanuatu), in partnership with the Vanuatu Ministry of Justice and Community Services, with funding...
To read the full report click here. This article considers the relationship between customary law (kastom) and the official legal system in Vanuatu. It looks at the limitations of the reasons propounded for the lack of integration of customary law and the official...
To read the full report click here. Miranda Forsyth researched and wrote this book while teaching at the University of the South Pacific Law School in Vanuatu for the past six years. During this time, she acquired depth and breadth of knowledge of law and kastom in...
To read the full report click here. Executive Summary This report provides a ‘snapshot’ of the Vanuatu offender population as at 11 September 2016. Or in other words, it: - provides a profile of the people held in Vanuatu’s four Correctional Centers at that...