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Oceania

Within Oceania, PeaceWomen is currently monitoring 3 countries including: Fiji, Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) and the Solomon Islands.

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  • April 8, 2013 (IPS)
    SOLOMON ISLANDS: Water Shortage Hits Pacific Women The Solomon Islands, a developing island nation in the south-west Pacific Islands, has one of the highest urbanisation rates in the region, and the basic service infrastructure is struggling to cater for the influx of people from the provinces to the capital, Honiara. Thirty-five percent of the city's population, who live in informal settlements, are facing the health consequences of a dire shortage of clean water and sanitation.
  • February 28, 2013 (IPS)
    PACIFIC: Women Struggle for a Place in the Pacific Women face greater odds in achieving equal political representation in the Pacific Islands than in any other region of the world, holding just 3 percent of seats in national parliaments, compared to 20 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa and 18.5 percent in South East Asia.
  • February 8, 2013 (UN News Centre)
    PAPUA NEW GUINEA: UN Urges Papua New Guinea to Take Action after Woman Burned Alive for Witchcraft The United Nations human rights office today urged the Government of Papua New Guinea to take concrete action following reports that a 20-year-old woman accused of sorcery was burnt alive in front of a crowd, noting that this is the latest in a “growing pattern” of such attacks.
  • February 7, 2013 (BBC )
    PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea A woman has been tortured and burned alive in Papua New Guinea after being accused of using sorcery to kill a young boy, local media report.
  • October 26, 2012 (Pacific Scoop )
    PACIFIC: Regional Action Plan On Women Peace and Security The Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Hon. Henry Puna launched the first ever Pacific Regional Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security on Thursday, 18 October 2012.

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  • PAPUA NEW GUINEA: The Past That Has Not Passed: Human Rights Violations in Papua Before and After Reformasi, ICTJ and ELSHAM, 28 June 2012 | Download PDF
  • FemLINKPACIFIC Women Peace and Human Security Update 2 of 2012, FemLINKPACIFIC, March 26, 2012 | Download PDF
  • PAPUA NEW GUINEA: "Enough Is Enough!" Testimonies of Papuan Women Victims of Violence and Human Rights Violations 1963–2009, ICTJ, the Women Commission, and the Women Working Group of Papuan People Assembly, 14 March 2012 | Download PDF
  • FemLINKPACIFIC Women Peace and Human Security Update 1 of 2012, FemLINKPACIFIC, February 13, 2012 | Download PDF
  • Commitments Database: A 1325 Call to Action Statement Australia, Senator Alan Eggleston, September 25, 2010 | Download PDF

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