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Promoting women’s economic empowerment is a strategic operational priority of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), governments, and civil society in Pacific developing member countries. ADB’s Strategy 2030 aims to support quality job-generation and higher value-added...
Labour mobility has the potential to provide opportunities for women in sending countries, including Vanuatu, to improve their livelihoods, develop skills for economic participation and provide resources for entrepreneurial and business pursuits. Targeted support is...
WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) Safely managed drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are essential to human health and well-being. Access to WASH contributes to good health and the prevention of disease, enables participation in other areas of life such as...
Goal of this report is to provide summary of the formative research conducted by Live & Learn Vanuatu on barriers to WASH habit formation and inclusive WASH in Schools in Vanuatu. The research was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Training in Vanuatu...
The Vanuatu Country Gender Assessment of Agriculture and the Rural Sector (CGA-ARS, or Assessment) examines how gender issues interact with social, economic and environmental development in Vanuatu. It will inform the country- and regional-level work of the Food and...
This study uses a unique data set of 106 cocoa-growing households in Epi, Vanuatu, to study mens and womens participation in decision-making concerning 17 agricultural activities. Women participate in many aspects of the production and postharvest activities of food...
This transformation is supported by the World Bank through the Pacific Women in Power Program (PWIP), which is being implemented in collaboration with the Pacific Power Association and the Pacific Community. Officially launched in May 2023 at the 5th Pacific Regional...
Every year, thousands of low- and semi-skilled workers from the Pacific and Timor-Leste find short-term employment in both Australia and New Zealand’s labour mobility schemes. The economic gains from these schemes, mostly in the form of formal job opportunities,...
This report is based on a survey of 166 women owning businesses, as well as focus group discussions (FGDs) and case study research. The research included both registered and unregistered businesses. A registered business is defined as a business that has a business...
Australia’s stance on Pacific migration is again at a turning point, with key features of the temporary ‘guestworker’ model being reconsidered as Labor envisions a more humanitarian approach to regional integration. Alongside the welcome introduction of the Pacific...
To read the full report click here. Overview: context for gender in Vanuatu and the Australian aid program Vanuatu’s economy has been growing steadily since the early 2000s, largely propelled by tourism, construction and high commodity prices.1 Vanuatu’s...
Summary The Partnership encourages communications and engagement with male partners of female coaches and trainers to build greater understanding about these roles to support inclusion. Additional, the provincial Skills Centers in some province of Vanuatu have...
Summary The Skills for Handicraft program, under the Vanuatu Skills Partnership, has a number of different work streams operating in four provinces in Vanuatu. Work streams are groups of clients who receive targeted skills development training to assist them in the...
To read the full report click here. Executive Summary On 30 November 2017, Vanuatu civil society and government representatives who attended the 13th Triennial Conference for Pacific Women in Fiji gathered in Port Vila to report back to Civil Society...
To read the full report click here. Executive Summary It’s tough being a girl. All over the world, girls face multiple layers of discrimination: for being female, for being young and for the other multiple identities that define them, such as race, class,...
To read the full report click here. Introduction The Erromango Gendered Market Chain Analysis is a coordinated research project co-funded by Leftemap Sista project, supported by Australian Aid and the Yumi Redi long Klaemet Jenis Program, funded by...
To read the full report click here. Background This scoping study aims to capture lessons from leadership programs in Vanuatu and the Pacific region, with a particular focus on key barriers and enablers to developing young women’s leadership. This paper...
To read the full report click here. Introduction The Aniwa Gendered Market Chain Analysis is a coordinated research project co-funded by Leftemap Sista program, supported by Australian Aid and the Yumi Redi long Klaemt JenisnProgram, funded by PACAM, USAID....
To read the full report click here. Summary Economic empowerment of women is a ‘development game changer’ because when more women participate in either the formal or informal economy, their families, communities and countries become wealthier. This empowerment...
To read the full report click here. Introduction The Futuna Gendered Market Chain Analysis a coordinated research project co-funded though the DFAT supported Leftemap Sister Program and PACAM supported Yumi Redi Program. CARE International in Vanuatu’s...
To read the full report click here. Background The Government of Vanuatu has recognised the importance of promoting gender equality through a number of high level documents. Gender equality is enshrined in parts of the constitution6 and the Government...
Summary Across the Pacific, some obstacles in the investment climate such as a prevailing culture of informality among female entrepreneurs, unequal access to property, credit, justice, women’s lack of experience, and comfort with formal business processes such as...