Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which began as a health crisis in early 2020, has rapidly evolved to become an unprecedented economic crisis affecting global, national, and regional economies and...
Gender-based violence increases during public health emergencies. Increases in violence can be due to reduced access to necessities, financial stress, the potential breakdown of societal infrastructures...
Gender-based violence increases during public health emergencies. Increases in violence can be due to reduced access to necessities, financial stress, the potential breakdown of societal infrastructures...
Women in Solomon Islands are half as likely as men to be in paid employment and only one out of four private sector jobs are held by women. Companies in Solomon Islands identified gendered roles and gender-based...
Fiji, like many of its Pacific neighbors, has among the highest prevalence of violence against women and girls in the world with almost two-thirds of women experiencing domestic or sexual violence during...
Fifteen of Solomon Islands' largest companies have signed up for the Waka Mere Commitment to Action. Waka Mere, or ‘She Works’ in Pijin, aims to advance gender equality in the country's private sector...
Gender equality is not only a social and moral imperative, but also an economic necessity. Women represent nearly 50 percent of the world’s population, yet they account for only about 41 percent of the...