Resources
Violence Against Women is a Barrier to Women’s Leadership
One in three women globally will be subject to gender-based violence in her lifetime. Acknowledging the intersection between violence against women and women’s leadership is crucial.
Our Voice Resources
A suite of resources for Our Voice, a Women’s Action for Voice and Empowerment (WAVE) funded campaign, working to increase the representation and effective participation of women at local levels across Asia and the Pacific by 2020.
Joint Our Voice Statement to the APEC Summit
Our Voice Partners have made a joint statement to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit calling for APEC leaders to recognise the importance of women’s full and effective participation in decision making.
Review of Electoral Laws Submission – Our Voice PNG Partners
The Review of Electoral Laws Submission advocates for the introduction of Temporary Special Measures to increase women’s political representation at the local and national levels in Papua New Guinea.
IWDA submission: The status of Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs)
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders requested IWDA’s input on the status of Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs).
Victorian Women’s Leadership Pathways Research Brief
The Women’s Leadership Pathways research explores the experiences of emerging and aspiring women leaders in social, political and economic spheres.
IWDA Submission: ACFID Independent review into prevention of sexual misconduct and DFAT Policy Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment
This submission provides recommendations towards encouraging the International Aid and Development sector to take the lead in establishing new standards for preventing, responding to and supporting survivors of sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment and misconduct.
Myanmar Women Parliamentarians Mentoring Pilot Learning Review
Sustained mentoring is an effective strategy for increasing the influence of elected women leaders and the likelihood of their re-election.
The Last Taboo: Menstrual hygiene management in the Pacific
Burnet Institute, WaterAid and IWDA led a qualitative study to explore the barriers to women’s and girls’ effective menstrual hygiene management in the Pacific in Solomon Islands, Fiji and Papua New Guinea (PNG) in 2016-17.
Speak Up Speak Out: GIRLS Leading Change in Fiji – Mid-term Review, July 2018
A mid-term review of ‘Speak Up, Speak Out: GIRLS Leading Change in Fiji’ was conducted by the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) in April 2018 during year 2 of the program.