Knowledge Products

Summary of Key Knowledge Products, and Information, Education and Communication Materials

Year 2023

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Fiji National Action Plan to Prevent Violence Against All Women and Girls 2023-2028

The Fiji National Action Plan to Prevent Violence Against All Women and Girls (Fiji NAP) 2023-2028 is the first of two five-year plans intended to establish the foundations for the Government of Fiji’s long-term commitment to prevent VAWG. The NAP is a whole-of-government, whole-of-population, inclusive, evidence-based, costed five-year plan with an emphasis on stopping violence before it starts.

Publishing Year: 2023

National development plans
Costing the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence and the Resources Required to Address It

The costing studies sought to raise awareness and shed light on the detrimental economic impact of Intimate Partner Violence on society and support advocacy efforts to invest in prevention and response efforts to meaningful address gender-based violence in RMI and Solomon Islands.

Publishing Year: 2022

Research Paper
Women’s Leadership in Public and Political Life Brief for 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories

This brief presents a summary of women’s leadership in public and political life in the Pacific, highlighting their representation at national, provincial and local levels and in other sectors, as well as barriers women face regarding equal participation.

Publishing Year: 2023

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Gender Equality Brief for Cook Islands

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in Cook Islands. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2023

Brief

Year 2022

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Gender-Based Violence Counsellor Training Package for the Pacific

The Gender-Based Violence Counsellor Training Package is composed of three modules with a total of 20 sessions, including components on a survivor-centered approach, ethical and legal foundations, and functional competencies of basic Domestic Violence/Gender-Based Violence Counselling.

Publishing Year: 2022

Manuals
Women’s Economic Empowerment Brief for 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories

This brief presents a summary of women’s economic empowerment in the Pacific, highlighting the gaps in data and information in the region.

Publishing Year: 2022

Brief
Guidance for Action: Adapting Markets for COVID-19 Response - Safeguarding Women Market Vendors' Livelihoods

This Action Brief is based on a set of Standard Operating Procedures provided to local government in 2020 as part of the COVID-19 crisis response.

Publishing Year: 2022

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Outcome Statement: Regional Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Services Symposium

The purpose of the Regional EVAWG Services Symposium Outcomes Document is to summarise key lessons learned from diverse countries in the region on accelerating commitments to support national gender-based violence response systems and feed outcomes into other key regional fora and processes.

Publishing Year: 2022

Proceedings
We Are All Created Equal - Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls in Fiji’s Faith Settings

This brief is for policy makers, practitioners and faith-based organisations working to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG) in faith settings in Fiji, the Pacific, and beyond. It describes the journey of House of Sarah, a faith-based civil society organisation in Suva, Fiji, working to prevent VAWG, and documents evidence and lessons so that others may learn from and be inspired by their experience.

Publishing Year: 2022

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Regional Gender Equality Brief for 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in the Pacific. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

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Gender Equality Brief for Nauru

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in Nauru. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

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Gender Equality Brief for FSM

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in Federated States of Micronesia. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

Brief
Gender Equality Brief for Vanuatu

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in Vanuatu. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

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Gender Equality Brief for Tuvalu

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in Tuvalu. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

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Gender Equality Brief for Tonga

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in Tonga. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

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Gender Equality Brief for Tokelau

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in Tokelau. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

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Gender Equality Brief for Solomon Islands

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in Solomon Islands. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

Brief
Gender Equality Brief for Samoa

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in Samoa. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

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Gender Equality Brief for RMI

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in the Republic of Marshall Islands. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

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Gender Equality Brief for Palau

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in Palau. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

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Gender Equality Brief for Niue

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in Niue. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

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Gender Equality Brief for Kiribati

This brief summarizes the key gender equality issues and key commitments in Kiribati. Thematic areas covered in the brief include Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Representation and Leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education, Health/Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ending Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender and Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Publishing Year: 2022

Brief
Leadership Pathways of Women in Samoa

The Report addresses the complexity of barriers that women leaders face in Samoa. It considers strategies that have worked, lessons learned from experience, and identifying pathways forward.

Publishing Year: 2022

Research Report
How-To Guide: Developing and Implementing National GBV Multisector Service

The provision, coordination and governance of essential, multisector health, police, justice, and social services can significantly mitigate the consequences that violence has on the well-being, health and safety of women and girls’ lives, assist in the recovery and empowerment of women, and stop violence from reoccurring.

Publishing Year: 2022

Brief
Pacific Partnership Country Summaries

These country summaries give an overview of Pacific Partnership’s work under way in Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

Publishing Year: 2022

Brief
Mid-term Evaluation Pacific Partnership to End Violence Against Women and Girls Programme 2018-2022 - Summary Report

2018-2020 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.

Summary Report
Pacific Partnership Key Result Summaries

These documents highlight key accomplishments supported by the Pacific Partnership in Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and Tonga.

Briefs
What Works to Promote Human Rights and Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls in Schools

Equipping the younger generations of Pacific Islanders with the capacity to make good, considered decisions, work collaboratively and peacefully, and to think critically and creatively is necessary to ensure Pacific countries’ sustainable future.

The Equality Institute - WW SCE Paper
Solomon Islands Domestic Violence Counselling Guidelines The Solomon Islands Domestic Violence Counselling Guidelines have been developed in accordance with Sections 54 and 55 of the Family Protection Act (FPA) 2014.
Publishing Year: 2020
Guide/Manual

Year 2021

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Family Support Centre Counselling Supervision Guide

This document provides a framework for a supervision system for all counsellors working for the Family Support Centre (FSC) in Solomon Islands, and highlights the responsibilities of the FSC and the needs of clients and counsellors.

Publishing Year: 2021

Guide/Manual
Samoa Inter- Agency Essential Services Guide for Responding to Gender-Based Violence and Child Protection Women and children survivors of violence in Samoa will now have better response, referral and coordination of gender-based violence services with the release of their new protocol to guide the referral pathway between survivors and multi-sector service providers Guide/Manual

Year 2020

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The Warwick Principles: Best Practices for Engaging Men and Boys in Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls in the Pacific A set of principles and best practices for engaging men and boys in preventing violence against women and girls in the Pacific, while still ensuring accountability to Pacific women and girls Policy Paper 
Pacific Partnership Country Summaries These country summaries give an overview of Pacific Partnership’s work under way in Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Brief

South Tarawa Healthy Living Study: An Impact Evaluation of the Strengthening Peaceful Villages (SPV) Violence Prevention Intervention in South Tarawa, Kiribati

This finding is part of a series of key findings from the ‘South Tarawa Healthy Living Study: An Impact Evaluation of the Strengthening Peaceful Villages (SPV) Violence Prevention Intervention in Kiribati’ which collected data on community attitudes and behaviours on violence against women and girls in South Tarawa. Brief

Year 2018

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Key Safety and Discrimination Issues to Consider in Local Marketplaces

This report provides a summary of the key findings and recommendations from the rapid safety and discrimination assessments carried out in 22 market locations across Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Publication

Year 2014

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Market for Change Market Profiles

A snapshot of the Markets for Change project and the markets it works in across Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

As a group of small and geographically dispersed countries far from international markets, economic growth across the Pacific region is often uneven. While the World Bank considers Nauru and Palau to be upper middle income countries, the United Nations classifies Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Tuvalu as “least developed countries” based on their low incomes, economic vulnerability and weak human resources. Pacific populations... More

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Pacific Fund Project Brief

A snapshot of UN Women’s Pacific Regional Ending Violence Against Women Facility Fund, the organisations it works with and the effect it has had on the ground. Brief

Climate Change, Gender, and Health in the Pacific

UN Women Fiji MCO series on the link between climate change, gender, and a number of development issues including women’s economic empowerment, health, food security, and energy. Brief

Gender and Energy in the Pacific

UN Women Fiji MCO series on the link between climate change, gender, and a number of development issues including women’s economic empowerment, health, food security, and energy. Brief

Why is Climate Change a Gender Issue?

UN Women Fiji MCO series on the link between climate change, gender, and a number of development issues including women’s economic empowerment, health, food security, and energy. Brief
Climate Change, Disasters and Gender-Based violence in the Pacific UN Women Fiji MCO series on the link between climate change, gender, and a number of development issues including women’s economic empowerment, health, food security, and energy.  Brief
Climate Change, Poverty, and Women's Economic Empowerment in the Pacific UN Women Fiji MCO series on the link between climate change, gender, and a number of development issues including women’s economic empowerment, health, food security, and energy.   Brief
Climate Change, Gender and Food Security in the Pacific UN Women Fiji MCO series on the link between climate change, gender, and a number of development issues including women’s economic empowerment, health, food security, and energy.   Brief
 Beijing +20 UN Women Fiji MCO series on the link between climate change, gender, and a number of development issues including women’s economic empowerment, health, food security, and energy.  Brief

Year 2013

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CEDAW Leaflet
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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Pacific - Frequently Asked Questions Leaflet

Year 2012

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Rural Pacific Island Women and Agriculture - 2nd Edition (March) The literature review contains some general comments about agriculture across the Pacific. Publication

Feasibility Study of the Fiji Markets Infrastructure Component (November)

The report is based on a feasibility study of the current Market Infrastructure of the 10 Markets in Fiji Publication
Toolkit  - “Getting Started  -  Market Vendors Associations” (December) The Getting Started Toolkit was developed to assist in getting the women vendors organised and empowered to engage in dialogue with the Market Vendors Association and the Market Management. The toolkit was developed in consultation with the Suva Market Vendors and the Sigatoka Market Vendors. Publication
Tailevu Women Documentary -Nasau Village (December)  The 25 minute documentary captures the journey undertaken by the rural women of Nasau village (located in the Tailevu highlands) every week.  The struggles and constraints experienced with the early morning distanced walk to their gardens to collect ferns, then loading all the village produce into hired carriers in the early hours of the morning and the troubled and congested journey to the Suva market via unsafe roads to only be allocated spaces on the concrete pavements of the Suva market.  The vendors resort to sleeping on the pavements until the market is officially opened, after a full days sales from the pavement then they shop in the nearby supermarkets and once again take the painstaking journey back home. Video

Year 2011

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Survey Results from Nine Markets in Fiji A detailed survey of market managerial staff at nine of Fiji’s thirteen municipal markets whereby approximately one hundred and fifty questions were  designed regarding infrastructural and socioeconomic issues facing market workers. The nine surveyed markets were Sigatoka, Nausori, Rakiraki, Ba, Tavua, Lautoka, Nadi, Namaka, Labasa and the summary captured vary considerably in size, demographic characteristics, and the complexity of infrastructure and trade-related social networks. Publication
Fiji Market Improvement Handbook  (November)  This handbook has been designed to assist Fiji local government, city councils, town councils and market authorities who are responsible for managing marketplaces, to improve their marketplaces. This handbook has been designed to especially capture issues which pertain to the needs and wellbeing of women market vendors, who make up the bulk of vendors across Fiji. The handbook is to be used in conjunction with a consultative process between market vendors and market authorities, to ensure a more positive and conducive environment for all is achieved. Publication
Evidence, Data and Knowledge in the Pacific Island Countries Summary of all current literature on violence against women in the pacific region.  2nd Edition

Year 2010

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Economic Analysis Report on Four Markets in Fiji (October) The report is based on the economic analysis of four markets (Suva, Nausori, Sigatoka and Labasa) in Fiji Publication
Evidence, Data and Knowledge in the Pacific Island Countries Summary of all current literature on violence against women in the pacific region.  1st Edition

Year 2009

 

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A Survey of the Economic Performance of Selected Markets in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. The analysis is based on a survey of vendors in several markets located in the Solomon Islands (Honiara) and Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby and Kundiawa). The performance of markets in terms of employment and income/earnings generation, providing earnings for people who lack alternative employment (expressed as number of jobs created and associated earnings) and the return on capital employed within the market, ie profits after an allowance is made for a basic wage, providing funds that can be reinvested in business growth.

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Melanesian Markets:

Fiji Markets Profiles

Solomon Islands Markets Profile

Vanuatu Markets Profile

The Melanesian Markets Report consists of the Market Profiles in the 3 Melanesian Countries (Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu). The report addresses the markets and culture, location of markets, size and density of markets, health and hygiene, wholesalong, wealth creation and market governance.

Fiji Markets Profiles

Solomon Islands Markets Profiles

Vanuatu Markets Profile

Featured publication

Market for Change Market Profiles

 

A snapshot of the Markets for Change project and the markets it works in across Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. As a group of small and geographically dispersed countries far from international markets, economic growth across the Pacific region is often uneven. While the... more