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Examining the role of culturally grounded approaches in youth justice, this study explores the Vanuatu Cultural Centre's Juvenile Justice Project, which aims to improve the way young offenders are supported by combining customary (kastom) justice with the formal legal...
This dissertation explores how two international development agencies—the Regional Rights Team Community Paralegal Program and the Peace Corps Vanuatu Volunteer Program—support community development initiatives in rural Vanuatu. It examines the strategies these...
The APTC Gender Equity, Disability and Social Inclusion Strategic Framework (2023- 2025) sets out APTC’s strategy and approach to promote equitable training and employment access and outcomes for women, persons with disabilities (PWD) and individuals from rural and...
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...
To read the short version of the report click here. The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) is the Australian Government’s flagship investment in Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) in the Pacific. APTC’s goal is “a more skilled, inclusive and...
To read the FULL report click here. Executive Summary The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) is the Australian Government’s major investment in Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) in the Pacific region. APTC’s goal is “a more...
The Vanuatu Skills Partnership (the Partnership) is a locally-led, politically-aware initiative to achieve decentralised service delivery and governance reform through the vector of the national skills training system. The initiative supports Vanuatu 2030: The...
Summary Resilience opens up a new opportunity for country programmers to engage on gender justice. And resilient development cannot be achieved without acknowledging the gender/power-based implications of our programming and making the necessary adjustments to address...
Both Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have experienced a major change in government during the last three years. The introduction of reform programmes has been a significant feature of these new governments, with an emphasis on the development of 'good governance'. Current...
A review of the legislation of Vanuatu was undertaken at the Emalus Campus of the University of the South Pacific, in Port Vila, over a period of three weeks in December 1999. The initiative for the review came from the Office of the Ombudsman and was undertaken as...