WRAP or Women’s Rights and Advocacy in the Pacific is an Aotearoa-based group made up of New Zealand organisations promoting the rights of women in the Pacific.

Large differentials between women’s and men’s access to resources, higher education and economic and political participation, as well as widespread violence against women, mean that whole societies and economies are severely handicapped in achieving economic and development goals. ..More

6 AUGUST 2010
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)  Port Vila, Vanuatu. ...visit PIF site

16–20 AUGUST 2010
Eleventh Triennial Conference of Pacific Women, Noumea, New Caledonia, . ...More

03 Aug 2010
Gender equality lags across Pacific
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community says gender equality across the Pacific is too slow considering the number of years national governments and regional groups have been tackling issues such as violence against women. ..More
 

“UN Women”— the new gender equality entity at the UN is formed. This move has been sought by women’s organizations and other civil society organizations around the world since the UN established a System-Wide Coherence Panel for UN Reform in 2006.  ...More