Cook Islands | Human Rights & Social Development

Capital

Avarua

Population

15,470 (midyear estimates-SPC, 2024)

Currency

New Zealand Dollar, Cook Islands dollar

Languages

Rarotongan, Māori, Pukapukan language, English

Related projects

Pacific Women Lead at SPC

Pacific Women Lead (PWL) at the Pacific Community (SPC) programme, termed PWL at SPC, provides grants for gender equality initiatives through its PWL at SPC Grants for Pacific governments and civil society, and a...

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Regional Working Group on the Implementation of Family Protection / Domestic Violence Legislation

It does this through the creation of a regional platform which brings together high-level (senior) government officials from ministries responsible for coordinating and/or implementing their country/state’s famil...

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ACP-EU Programme (Pacific) Enhancing capacity for the sustainability of Cultural and Creative Industries in the Pacific Project (CCIP)

The ACP-EU Enhancing capacity for the sustainability of Cultural and Creative Industries in the Pacific Project (CCIP) provides financial support, technical advice, and mentoring and capacity building schemes to...

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Publications

1985

Joint Regional meeting of government representatives and representatives of non-government organisations on women's affairs in the Pacific (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 25-27 March 1985): Report

South Pacific Commission. 1985. Joint Regional meeting of government representatives and representatives of non-government organisations on women's affairs in the Pacific (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 25-27 March 1985): Report. [Noumea, New Caledonia]: [South Pacific Commission]. Joint Regional Meeting of Government representatives and representatives of non-government organisations on women's affairs in the Pacific, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 25 - 27 March 1985. iii, 31 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/es6wt

2015

Cook Islands

Cook Islands 2012 gender profile

Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 2015. Cook Islands 2012 gender profile. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. xii, 85 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/mhncx

2013

Recommendations and outcomes of the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women: National Auditorium Rarotonga, Cook Islands (20–24 October 2013)

Recommendations and outcomes of the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women: National Auditorium Rarotonga, Cook Islands (20–24 October 2013). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 18 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/7h7hf

2013

Elimination of violence against women in the Pacific Islands: Recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013)

Anon. 2013. Elimination of violence against women in the Pacific Islands: Recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). 8 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/xh2mh

2013

Guaranteeing women's legal and human rights in the Pacific Islands: Recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013)

Anon. 2013. Guaranteeing women's legal and human rights in the Pacific Islands: Recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). 8 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/4nqb9

2013

Celebrating our Progress, Shaping our World: 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women - Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013)

Anon. 2013. Celebrating our Progress, Shaping our World: 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women - Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). 8 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/5f7m9

2013

Communiqué : Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013)

Anon. 2013. Communiqué : Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). 8 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/phvim

2013

Promoting gender equality in sustainable development and post-2015 agenda : recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013)

Anon. 2013. Promoting gender equality in sustainable development and post-2015 agenda : recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). 8 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/diu6v

2013

Improving women's health in the Pacific Islands : recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013)

Anon. 2013. Improving women's health in the Pacific Islands : recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). 8 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/9bapc

2013

Progressing gender equality through education and training : recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013)

Anon. 2013. Progressing gender equality through education and training : recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). 8 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/uqnzf

2013

Gender equality - emerging issues for Pacific Island women : recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013)

Anon. 2013. Gender equality - emerging issues for Pacific Island women : recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). 8 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/qzoui

2013

Economic empowerment of women in the Pacific Islands : recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013)

Anon. 2013. Economic empowerment of women in the Pacific Islands : recommendations from the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and Fifth Pacific Women's Ministerial Meeting (Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 20-25 October 2013). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). 24 p. https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/6j26k