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HRSD team

The Human Rights and Social Development (HRSD) division provides quality, results-focused and contextually relevant technical assistance, capacity development, research, policy and legal services to SPC member states, and to civil society, to advance human rights, gender equality and social inclusion for all Pacific people, grounded in cultural values and principles, and people-centred approaches.

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Human Rights Day 2024 – Op-...

Raising awareness of human rights through Pacific films and talanoa. “We are al...
Dec 08, 2024
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Fiji to host Pacific techni...

The Fiji Government is pleased to announce that it will host the Pacific Techni...
Dec 04, 2024
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16 Days Of Activism: Organi...

 Empowering women and girls is critical to ending violence and creating safer, ...
Dec 01, 2024
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Ending Violence Against Wom...

The 2nd Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW) Symposium 2024 is aimed at advanci...
Nov 28, 2024
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Stat of the week: In 2019, ...

In 2019, over half of women aged 15 to 64 in Kiribati reported experiencing phy...
Nov 24, 2024
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16 Days of Activism against...

 The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an international civi...
Nov 19, 2024
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Pacific Culture Week Logo C...

Calling all Pacific artists, students and community members. The Pacific Commun...
Nov 05, 2024
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Pacific Human Rights Film F...

Around 2,500 people attended the 4th Pacific Human Rights Film Festival (PHRFF)...
Oct 20, 2024
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First Pacific Ministers of ...

 Pacific Ministers for Youth, who met for the first time in more than a decade,...
Sep 25, 2024
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Have your say in the Pacifi...

At the request of members at last year’s Committee of Representatives of Govern...
Sep 25, 2024

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