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This review report surveys developments and data on gender equality in the Pacific for the period 2019–2024 against the ‘12 areas of concern’ for the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The review draws on the Beijing+30 national narrative reports for the...
This Framework for Pacific Regionalism was endorsed by Pacific Islands Forum Leaders in July 2014. It replaces the Pacific Plan for Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Integration. The Framework is intended to support “focussed political conversations and...
This Outcome Statement was developed on 16th July 2024 with 52 participants from 24 ni-Vanuatu civil society organisations. Its purpose is to supplement the review of the Beijing Platform For Action report (led by the Ministry of Justice through the Department of...
PREAMBLE 1. The 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women (‘the Conference’), convened by the Pacific Community (SPC) and hosted and chaired by the Republic of the Marshall Islands, was held from 22 to 24 July 2024. The Conference was conducted in-person and online,...
The 3rd Pacific Feminist Forum took place from 8-10 May 2023 in Pacific Harbour, Fiji. The Forum brought together over 150 feminists in all our diversity from 17 Pacific countries that are part of the Global Majority, and including Australia, New Zealand and other...
Vanuatu is a focus country of the Pacific Partnership to End Violence Against Women and Girls (Pacific Partnership) programme. Violence against women and girls is recognised worldwide as a social, political, and public health problem as well as a fundamental violation...
PREAMBLE 1. The 14th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women (‘the Conference’), convened by the Pacific Community (SPC) and hosted and chaired by French Polynesia, was held from 27 to 29 April 2021, preceded by side events from 22 to 23 April 2021. The Conference was a...
The consultation was a half-day session held at Seaside Retreat in Port Vila. The session aimed to provide an opportunity for young women to share their voices and collaborate to develop an outcome statement to contribute to 2021 Triennial discussions. Sista and CARE...
This report reviews the national legislation in six Pacific Island countries to identify existing biases or barriers that may inhibit the realization of human rights, including gender issues, for small-scale coastal fishers and fish workers. The analysis covers five...
This policy brief highlights the opportunities for Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) to include human rights principles in coastal fisheries and aquaculture legislation and identifies existing barriers to their effective implementation. Following the...
The 14th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and the 7th Meeting of Pacific Ministers for Women will be held in Suva, Fiji from 27-29 April 2021. The theme of the conference and ministerial meeting is “Our Ocean, Our Heritage, Our Future – Empowering All Women in...
The Whitlam Institute is concerned that Australia’s past and emerging engagement in the region pays insufficient attention to Pacific perspectives – not only official positions but also the voices of ordinary people from across the region. The Institute engaged...
Indigenous Maori researcher and academic Linda Tuhiwai Smith reminds us that research using western frameworks “continues relentlessly and brings with it a new wave of exploration, discovery, exploitation and appropriation. Researchers enter communities armed with...
In 1994, Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) adopted the first regional instrument to promote gender equality: the Pacific Platform for Action on the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality (PPA). The Platform, which formed the basis of the Pacific...
To read the full report click here. What is the Commission on the Status of Women? Established in 1947, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental organisation dedicated to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of...
Preamble 1. The 13th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women, hosted by the Pacific Community (SPC), was held from 2 to 5 October 2017 in Suva, Fiji. The theme of the Conference was ‘economic empowerment of Pacific women’. 2. Meeting participants included...
To read the full report click here. PFRPD – Summary The Pacific Framework for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: 2016 -2025 (PFRPD) follows the Pacific Regional Strategy on Disability: 2010- 2015 (PRSD) which was endorsed by the first Forum Disability...
To read the full report click here. Executive summary The past 20 years have seen significant progress in gender equality being recognised as being an integral part of the economic, political, cultural and social development of Pacific Island countries and...
Pacific Parliamentarians gathered in Suva, Fiji, from 13 – 15 August 2013 for the Pacific Conference of Parliamentarians for Advocacy on ICPD beyond 2014, hereby release this statement for the upcoming Sixth Asia Pacific Population Conference. We, Pacific Island...
The Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration was announced at the Pacific Islands Forum in August 2012 in Rarotonga. It brought new determination and invigorated commitment to efforts to lift the status of women in the Pacific and empower them to be active...