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Asia-Pacific: Guide Launched to Boost Pacific Women’s Participation

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Sun, 2009-06-28 21:41
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AS the world marks International Women’s Day tomorrow, a new guide aimed at providing policy-makers and advocates with ideas on how to promote more women in Pacific legislatures was launched in the Pacific.
The Guide was launched by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and the United Nations Development Programme Pacific Centre. Secretary-General of the Forum Secretariat, Tuiloma Neroni Slade, said in the Guide’s Foreword that “in the long-term, it is important that we continue to work with our Pacific communities to build greater recognition of the role that women can and should play as national leaders, including as members of our Pacific legislatures”.

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women in politics | pacific islands

Delegates submissions, some reportage, and photos from the PIF SPC Women In Politics conference, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 2006.

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Submitted by tristanti on Tue, 2009-04-21 10:23

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Translating CEDAW into Law: CEDAW Legislative Compliance in Nine Pacific Island Countries

This guide provides an overview of the indicators that have been developed and applied to assess CEDAW legislative compliance in the 9 Pacific Island countries.

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Making Invisible Work More Visible; Gender and Time Use Surveys with a Focus in the Pacific and Unpaid Care Work

This book looks at methodologies for time use surveys in developing countries, especially the Pacific and the importance of unpaid care work.

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Temporary Special Measures To Promote Gender Balance In Pacific Legislatures: A Guide to Options

This guide provides practical recommendations and tools on how to promote women in parliaments in the Pacific region. It describes the use of special measures such as reserved seats and political party quotas, and special campaigning tools.

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Women’s Political Participation: Broadening Spaces and Strategies

Submitted by priya chattier on Wed, 2008-10-01 18:59

I recently participated in a workshop on special measures for women organized by the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat on 25-26 September in Port Moresby and I would like to share some of thoughts and

A Woman's Place is in the House - the House of Parliament

This report reviews the factors that enable and constrain the advancement of women's political representation in the Pacific region countries. The report consists of five parts that discuss the impact of electoral systems on women's representation in Pacific parliaments and conditions necessary for women’ s political participation and representation in Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu.

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Third Pacific Ministers Meeting On Women

Submitted by rebecca on Tue, 2007-05-08 11:17
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The Third Ministers Meeting on Women would consider the outcomes of the 10th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women deliberating on how to accelerate progress on women equality.


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