Introduction This book highlights indigenous weather and climate forecasting knowledge of the ni-Vanuatu. This knowledge is documented and shared so that it can be used effectively in disaster risk reduction, particularly in remote and less accessible regions of...

“You may not necessarily be part of a marginalized group, but you stand with them, support them and use your voice in important spaces to defend their human rights.” – Dr Astrid Kersten, HCDI. Driven by the hate speech that was seen online during Pride Month in 2023,...

The Rising Voices Project is a 2022 initiative that focuses on the written word to convey Important issues impacting up on young women in today’s society. Providing a beacon for their voices to be heard & understood through the female lens. 'Words have energy...

Through the Vanuatu Education Support Program II (VESP), the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) developed this study to understand better how gender affects children’s primary school experience. This report, Primary school in Vanuatu: Gendered expectations,...

The expanded version of this paper will look into the beneficial aspects of certain customary education practices and why their importance, combined with oral learning techniques, needs to be recognised at an early stage in the formation of Vanuatu’s proposed...

Summary The Strategic Plan of the National University of Vanuatu 2021-2030 provides a vision and roadmap for developing a high-quality higher education institution that can effectively serve the educational and development needs of Vanuatu. Vanuatu’s dream is to...

The GO! Cyber project started with a series of co-design workshops, supported by Portable Design Studio, with young women aged between 18-30 years old to understand how young women and girls navigate cyberspaces. While there have been interventions to enhance...

The Vanuatu Education and Training Sector Strategy (VETSS) 2019-2030 was developed to align with and respond to the strategic direction and intent of the National Sustainable Development Plan 2016 to 2030 (The People’s Plan). The VETSS has been developed by the...

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Summary This Gender and Inclusion program, developed as part of Oxfam in the Pacific’s suite of Inclusion Programs and specifically focused on the context of Vanuatu, will work in ways underpinned by Oxfam’s Pacific Values and strengths-based interventions, to address...

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Summary Gender inequality leads to differences in the access women, men, girls and boys have to participate in education as students, educators, administrators and decision makers. Discrimination is an aspect of gender inequality and involves treating males and...

PROGRAM DESIGN Module 1 Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) – the process of regularly investigating what a program/organisation is doing and the impact it is having – is a fundamental part of every community development program. Every organisation is expected to be...

To read the full report click here. Wan Smolbag (wsb) plays a critical role in the wellbeing of Vanuatu and Pacific Island communities, whether it is engaging youth in theater, providing reproductive health care, creating dialogue around good governance or protecting...

Summary The human rights journey from standard-setting to effective implementation depends, in large measure, on the availability of appropriate tools for policy formulation and evaluation. Indicators, both quantitative and qualitative, are one such essential tool....

Summary The Education & Human Resources Strategy Plan (EHRSP) has been formulated in line with the vision of providing a quality education for all and developing a Human Resource base to transform Mauritius into an intelligent nation state in the vanguard of...

To view the full PDF click here. Compiled by Daryl Moon daryl@swtech.com.au With thanks to: TVET curriculum writers, Vanuatu Cultural Centre, Vanuatu National Language Council, Pacific Languages Unit at the University of the South Pacific and many volunteers....

Since Hindson (1995) wrote about educational planning in Vanuatu much has changed, especially in the structure and processes of the government sector. In 1997, the government of Vanuatu introduced the Comprehensive Reform Programme (CRP). And, although the main focus...

Summary Synopsis of major issues and problems with regard to safeguarding, preserving and revitalizing women’s roles in relation to intangible heritage and development.   To read Full Report,  Click here