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Famili I Redi is a predeparture workshop to help labour migrants and their families maximize the socio-economic benefits of labour mobility while addressing the negative social impacts. In a 5-day workshop, we support migrants and their families through...
On Wednesday 9th November, 17 female media practitioners came together to attend a forum organized by SISTA Association at The Grand Hotel, Port Vila, Vanuatu. The purpose of the forum was to validate findings of a survey conducted by SISTA to understand the current...
Pacific Women is one of the largest commitments to gender equality. It connects more than 180 gender equality initiatives funded by the Australian Government and implemented by over 190 partners across 14 Pacific Island Countries. New and existing initiatives...
To read the full report click here. Overview During the comms trip to Tanna, Holly Miller, AA Australia, facilitated a planning session on Thursday 8th February with Women I Tok Tok Tugeta (WITTT) to establish a six-‐month action plan. One of the key concerns...
Through a 10-year commitment, Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) connects more than 170 gender equality initiatives supported by Australia and implemented by over 160 partners across 14 Pacific Island countries. Providing technical, knowledge...
To read the full report click here. Introduction Sex work seems to be on the rise in much of the Pacific, however remains illegal or on the legal margins, and there are reports of significant maltreatment faced by the Pacific Island sex worker population...
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Pacific Girl is a $4.5 million multi-country program to support adolescent girls in Pacific Island countries achieve their full potential. Evidence shows that ‘educated, healthy and skilled adolescent girls will help build a better future, advance social justice,...
This video contains adolescent girls from the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu talking about the issues that are important to them - such as education and climate change - as well as the challenges they face...
In the first two and half months of 2018, police recorded 59 road traffic offences that involved collisions, crashes or accidents. Five of the accidents were fatal and most of the accidents were alcohol-related involving Hyundai buses and male drivers of between 18 to...
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To read the full report click here. Executive Summary Nakamals play a significant role in the maintenance of kastom in Vanuatu, as well as having an important functional role in Disaster Risk Reduction in rural areas. Without better protection and recognition,...
The objective of this pilot study on well-being in Vanuatu is to open dialogue on well-being at a national level to inform the indicators and formalize them into national and local-level governance procedures. It follows that the results of the pilot study reported...
To read the full report click here. Executive Summary In November and December 2010, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 18 women and 2 young men who have had sex for money in the previous 12 months. interviews took place in and around Port Vila, and...
Today; in Ambae, kastom is being revived in many such ways. The effect of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre programmes has been to renew people's interest in kastom. The Women's Culture Project programme, which Lissant Bolton and I implemented in Ambae in 1991-92 and have...