TY - BOOK ED - Strengthening Pacific partnerships for eliminating violence against women ED - Commonwealth Secretariat ED - Secretariat of the Pacific Community ED - Pacific Islands Forum ED - United Nations Development Fund for Women TI - Strengthening Pacific partnerships for eliminating violence against women: a Pacific Regional Workshop Report (Suva, Fiji Islands,17-19 February 2003) U1 - 362.8292 STR PY - 2003/// CY - London,United Kingdom : PB - Commonwealth Secretariat, KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - ECONOMIC ASPECTS KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KW - PACIFIC PEOPLES KW - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN KW - PREVENTION KW - FIJI KW - PAPUA NEW GUINEA KW - SOLOMON ISLANDS KW - TONGA KW - VANUATU KW - PACIFIC N1 - Jointly organised by: Commonwealth Secretariat, UNIFEM, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and SPC N2 - "This report contains a summary of discussions on the economic, religious and cultural factors that can result from or contribute to the perpetration of violence against women, often perceived as a "natural" or "normal" part of relations between men and women in Pacific societies. It highlights findings from a Pacific Regional Scan of government and non-government responses to violence against women conducted by UNIFEM Pacific, and presents the Commonwealth Secretariat's integrated approach for the elimination of violence against women. This integrated approach articulates the need to involve stakeholders from all areas of government, non-governmental and civil society organisations tom implement commitments to eliminate violence against women. Record #5122 ER -