Understanding gender inequality actions in the Pacific: ethnographic case-studies & policy options

Tony Crook; Susan Farran; Emilie Roëll

doi:10.2841/896616

Understanding gender inequality actions in the Pacific: ethnographic case-studies & policy options

Tony Crook
, Susan Farran
, Emilie Roëll

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Abstract

The prevalence of violence against women in the Pacific region is among the highest in the world. Countries across the Pacific region have put in place policy strategies, legal frameworks and a raft of initiatives, but against their own and internationally accepted indicators there has been poor progress towards gender equality, despite the development cooperation efforts of many donors over several decades. What are the cultural contexts shaping the contemporary situation? Why is the current paradigm underpinning gender policy apparently ineffective in grasping the social actions that produce gender inequality in the Pacific?

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Brussels
Publisher	European Union, Publications Office of the European Union
Commissioning body	Joint Research Centre European Commission
Number of pages	241
Volume	DEVCO ADM-MULTI/2014/353-796
ISBN (Electronic)	9789279582172
ISBN (Print)	9789279582189
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2841/896616
Publication status	Published - 2016

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SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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- Centre for the Critical Reimagining of Human Rights
- Centre for Pacific Studies
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