What works to empower adolescent girls? Pacific Girl partners to share emerging good practice
More than 50 adolescent girls and young women and Pacific development practitioners this week will be validating promising practice and lessons learned through the Pacific’s only regional programme focused on adolescent girls – Pacific Girl.
The Pacific…
Government initiatives to be supported for women and children in Vanuatu
The Direct Grant Support to Vanuatu writeshop has assisted four departments from the Government of Vanuatu to write more effective proposals to access gender equality grants, hosted by the Pacific Women Lead (PWL) at the Pacific Community (SPC)…
Establishing relationships and breaking ground for Pacific Women Lead at the Pacific Community’s Direct Support to Vanuatu
By Vilimaina Naqelevuki – PWL at SPC
“We greatly value partnerships, especially our partnership with the Pacific Community (SPC) and we look forward to strengthening this further as we’re looking to implement a number of activities and…
Pacific organic farmers meet to break down gender barriers
A meeting in Nadi, Fiji this week has brought together organic farmers from across the Pacific to identify gender barriers within organic agriculture and find solutions to best address them.
Challenging the Patriarchy: it’s not only a “women’s” issue
Phoebe’s passion for the empowerment of women and girls drives her work within the gender-space
Welcome address by Mereseini Rakuita, SPC's Principal Strategic Lead – Pacific Women at the 3rd Regional Conference for Pacific Women in Maritime
Welcome address by Mereseini Rakuita, SPC's Principal Strategic Lead – Pacific Women
Third Regional Conference for Pacific Women in Maritime
“Aspiring towards a transformed maritime sector”
Cairns, Australia Tuesday 28 February 2023
Key message:…
A series of Thematic Briefs to provide a broad overview of issues affecting women and girls in the Pacific
The series of Thematic Briefs provide a broad summary of information, analysis and key messages relating to topics which affect women and girls in the Pacific Islands.
Micronesian Leaders make gender equality a priority
The Micronesian region will be the first in the Pacific to develop a regional gender equality framework after the endorsement by Leaders at the 25th Micronesian Islands Forum (MIF) in Pohnpei.
The recommendation was first proposed by the MIF Gender…