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 of human rights. The Pacific region has some of the highest recorded rates of violence against women in the world – twice the global average and impacting two in every three Pacific women.
Within the region, Vanuatu has one of the highest recorded rates with 60 percent of women aged 15-49 experiencing physical and/or sexual violence, 68 percent experiencing emotional violence and 69 percent experiencing coercive control by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
The Pacific Partnership programme brings together governments, civil society organisations, communities, and other partners to promote gender equality, prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG), and increase access to quality response services for survivors.
Read more about the Pacific Partnership Programme here.