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This project arose out of the United Nations global ‘Lessons Learned Project’ in which the FWRM and the Pacific RRRT jointly examined the application of human rights based approach to legislative reform using the Fiji Family Law Act.1 As a result of examining how...
SPC RRRT is unique in that its programmed base continues to have a gender and a rights-based approach as its foundation. In 1998 RRRT was awarded the prestigious UNICEF Maurice Pate Award for its cutting edge work in gender and human rights and, in 2005, it was chosen...
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...
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...
This booklet is designed first, to serve as an informational guide to expand our understanding of our Pacific brothers and sisters of diverse Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression and Identity (SOGIE). It offers an introduction to SOGIE - what it means and how to...
THE ISLAND of Malekula, in north Vanuatu, has for long been recognized as a locus classicus for the occurrence of organized male homosexuality. Deacon, who carried out his field researches in 1926, was the first to publish a reasonably detailed account of the highly...
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...
A mini-retreat was planned by the Vanuatu Women’s Centre (VWC) for early July 2020, to provide an opportunity for staff to debrief and share their experiences from the three emergencies that faced Vanuatu during the first half of 2020. This report summarizes...
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...
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...
This spreadsheet excel file presents a statistics on the number of domestic violence cases, and what was taken to address under who and where. To View full file, Click Here
In March 2009 the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs commissioned the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland to undertake a research project entitled Pacific Pathways to Sexual Violence Prevention Research, to provide further insight into the...
Child maintenance is the most important part when it comes to separations between a couple. It is here that the financial stability of the child is crucial, especially when the couple is not married. Maintenance of a child is the money that the child’s father has to...
Child custody is when two partners separate and the concern of their child’s welfare is to be decided by the law of custody on who or which parent gets the custody of the child. Custody is the right of a parent by the law to have their child’s full custody and which...
The family protection Act is a brochure produced by the Vanuatu women’s center. Within this brochure contains information’s on law’s regarding family protections, and general information’s on what this law can do and its importance, Such as why you need to protect a...
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
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...
To read full document, Click here This document outlines key Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) messages which can be adapted for community messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To read full document, Click here This document draws on global guidance and provides a summary of key operational considerations for using remote support (e.g. telehealth) to maintain mental health services during COVID-19 response. Recommendations have been...
To read full Document, Click here This document draws on global guidance and provides a summary of key operational considerations for using remote support, or ‘telehealth’, to maintain mental health services during the COVID-19 response. Telehealth is the...
Download file, Here It is normal to feel fearful and anxious during this time. Be kind to yourself and look after your well-being. Here are some ways that you can help yourself and your friend or family member to cope with stress during this COVID-19 pandemic....
To read full Report, Click Here This document draws on global guidance 1-5 and intends to provide a summary of key mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) action points for Ministries of Health in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) to consider...