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Civil Society and NGO Reports, Papers and Statements

femLINK PACIFIC Report on Riots in the Solomon Islands, April 2006
When Serah Dyer and Josephine Teakeni flew out of Honiara on Tuesday 18 April, on their way to a regional workshop, their capital city was witnessing the initial stirrings of what in a few hours erupted into a full blown riot. Hours later in Brisbane they tried in vain to contact their family and friends in Honiara. When news finally reached them it was that Chinatown was burning.

Annual Report on the Solomon Islands
Amnesty International, 2004

On Australian Intervention in the Solomons
Oxfam, Executive Summary, August 2003

UN Documents

Australian Statement to the Security Council on Women, Peace and Security and Aid to the Pacific Region
29 October 2003

United Nations Common Country Assessement: Solomon Islands
March 2002

U.N. Security Council Statement in Support of the Townsville Peace Agreement
16 November 2000

Government Statements and Reports

Statement from the Solomon Islands
Honourable Hilda Karl MP, Minister for Women, Youth and Sports, and Head of the Solomon Islands Delegation to the 23rd Special Session of the UN General Assembly Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-First Century, 8 June 2000

Books, Journals and Articles

Gender-Related violence in the Solomon Islands: The work of Local Women's Organisations
Helen Leslie & Selina Boso, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Vol. 44, Issue 3, Page 325, December 2003
This article chronicles the trauma and suffering of the Solomon Islands' people during the violent period of 1998-2000, focusing on gender-based violence.

Lessons Learned from a Comparison Between the Cases of Bougainville and Solomon Islands
Volker Boge, "Searching for Peace Southeast Asia and Pacific Workshop," Churches' Commission on Mission Pacific Forum
Manila, June 4-6, 2002
This report, comparing conflict resolution in Bougainville and Solomon Islands, points out that in order for peace processes to be successful they must be inclusive, especially regarding the participation of women.

Resoloving Conflict in the Solomon Islands: The Women for Peace Approach
Alice A. Pollard, Australian National University, Development Bulletin 53, November 2000

Peacemaking in Solomon Islands: The Experience of the Guadalcanal Women for Peace Movement
Dalcy Tovosia Paina, Australian National University, Development Bulletin 53, November 2000

Law for Pacific Women: Legal Rights Handbook
Imrana P. Jalal, Fiji Women's Rights Movement, 1988
An introduction to laws affecting women in Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and (Western) Samoa.
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