Saturday, April 10, 2010

Economic Opportunities for Women in the Pacific


Empowering women with economic opportunity provides them with the means to take care of their families and communities, and escape the poverty cycle.

The Gender and Investment Climate Reform Assessments for Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga and Vanuatu address some of the barriers preventing women from realizing their economic potential by providing practical and attainable solutions to improving business women’s opportunities.

The reports are the result of collaboration between the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and IFC, and ask whether women face different or additional investment climate constraints in comparison to men.

See full Press Release.