Access to the internet and smartphones is increasing in the Pacific (GSMA, 2023). There are now an estimated 6 million mobile subscribers across the Pacific Islands and 3.5 million mobile internet users, with all indicators showing further uptake, penetration, and...

Save the Children’s Regional Situational Analysis of child protection in the Pacific was carried out in 2023 in five countries: Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Fiji. The aim of the research was to better understand the nature and prevalence of...

Working with the Office of the Public Prosecutor, the Survivor-Victims Charter is the first-of-its-kind in Vanuatu, a landmark publication that provides survivor-victims of gender-based violence with a thorough guideline on how to access the criminal justice system...

Save the Children Vanuatu is currently implementing the ‘Bildemap Bren blong Pikinini’ program, which works to address factors impacting early childhood development, including children’s exposure to violence. As part of this program, Save the Children commissioned the...

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For one page Summary Click Here. For Full Report Click Here. Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.  Sexual Harassment can be in different forms, such as; Sexual assault...

Every family has their problems and everyone has different ways to deal with it. There is a difference between healthy disagreements to abusive behavior. Strong toktok hemi oraet nomo but domestik vaelens hemi ol fasin blong givim kil mo talem ol nogud toktok ensaet...

Violence against women is one of the most widespread violations of human rights worldwide. The Pacific – including Vanuatu- has some of the highest rates of violence against women in the world. Almost 2 out of 3 women have been subjected to physical or sexual violence...

Wanem ia maret? Provides information’s on what marriage is, why some marriage is regarded as not legal or does not follow the law, and why it is important that all marriages follow the law. It also provides information on the legal age for marriage under the law and...

Men are also responsible to help stop violence against women. It is important too that men understand the importance of the part they should play in helping stop domestic violence or violence against women and young girls. To also understand and know how to properly...

Domestik vaelens (o samtaem yumi singaotem famli vaelens) hemi eni kaen vaelens we wan man o woman i mekem agensem wan famli memba.   To read full document, Click Here  

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...

In 2009 the Vanuatu Women’s Centre (VWC) undertook a national baseline study of the prevalence of violence against women aged 15 to 49, in partnership with the Vanuatu National Statistics Office. One of the most important findings from the 2009 national prevalence...

All women and men have the right to live and work free from violence and harassment. However, while this is generally accepted, violence and harassment remains pervasive throughout the world of work. It affects all jobs, sectors and occupations. It has serious...

Wan bigfala warning sign blong wan unhealthy relationship hemi taem wan man hemi possessive. ‘Possessive’ hemi taem wan man hemi wantem full love mo attention blong yu wan nomo. Hemi no likem yu blong toktok wetem ol frends mo family blong yu, mo hemi act olsem se yu...

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...

The Counselling approach sits under the Vanuatu component of the PTL Reducing GBV Project which began between January and July 2015 in Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and Timor Leste.  In Vanuatu, work has focused largely on working with faith leaders, community leaders,...

One of the first things a teenage girl is taught when she enters puberty is how to dress. So as not to give the ‘wrong impression’, a ‘proper’ young lady doesn’t wear particular clothing that is outside of societal expectations and if she decides to wear something...

“We live in a society that teaches girls how not to get raped, instead of teaching boys not to rape.” Sexual vaelens hemi wan issue wea fulap pipol hemi findem no esi blong tokboat. Hemi important blong tok tok long saed blong sexual vaelens wetem family mo frens...

Taem yu singaot rabis toktok long wan gel wea hemi stap insaed long wan public space, hemia sexual harassment. Street harassment hemi wan form of sexual harassment wea ol perpetrators hemi usually ol man mo boe. Hemi taem wan man hemi makem rabis toktok long ol woman...

Image based sexual abuse is also known as ‘cyber sexual assault’, ‘revenge porn’ or ‘non-consensual pornography’. The former term is preferred as the latter terms are misleading. What is pornography? ‘Porn’ is the portrayal of sexual subject matter and the people...