GENDER EQUALITY NEEDING TO SPEED UP IN THE PACIFIC

GENDER EQUALITY NEEDING TO SPEED UP IN THE PACIFIC

Posted by : Posted on : 23-Jan-2020

Legislating for gender equality needs to speed up in Pacific - World Bank

Quoting Radio New Zealand – 23 January 2020

“Most Pacific countries are still behind the rest of the world in removing barriers to women's economic participation and reforming discriminatory laws.

“That's the finding of a new World Bank study, which analyses laws and regulations affecting women's economic inclusion in 190 countries.

“Fiji, Kiribati and Samoa made the biggest improvements in the Pacific.

“Fiji is listed among the top 15 most improved countries in the world for introducing paid paternal leave and increasing the duration of maternity leave.

“But the Bank's manager for the project, Tea Trumbic, said women across the region still faced many challenges.

"Overall globally, but for the Pacific region as well, we see that the most room to improve is in our parenthood indicator. And most of the Pacific countries receive a score of zero in this area.

"They don't provide any of the options, which we find as good practices to new parents," she said.

“Ms Trumbic said she hoped the report could be used by governments, policy makers and women advocates in the Pacific - and the world - to take stock and act to reform discriminatory legislation and regulations that hindered women's economic participation.”

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