A female trainer at the Canoe of the Marshall Islands building project using a tool called "Jeltok" to shape the log with her male colleague. Photo: UN Women/Kanchi Hosia

The MCO covers 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), working to progress gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Pacific through four key programmes:

• Women’s Economic Empowerment;
• Ending Violence Against Women;
• Advancing Gender Justice in the Pacific;
• Increasing Community Resilience through Empowerment of Women to Address Climate Change and Natural Hazards Programme.

Find out more about Republic of the Marshall Islands and UN Women’s work there.