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EMPOWERMENT OF
WOMEN IN THE PACIFIC
LEGAL STRUCTURES
DISCOURAGING
WOMENS ENTRY INTO
THE FORMAL SECTOR
LIMITED ACCESS
TO GOVERNMENT
GRANTS AND
SUPPORT
LESS THAN 5% OF
AGRICULTURAL LAND
IS HELD BY WOMEN
IN THE PACIFIC
LIMITED ACCESS
TO FORMAL LENDING
INSTITUTIONS
LIMITED
ACCESS
TO COURTS
LIMITED CAPACITY
TO ENTER BUSINESS
CONTRACTS
IN SOLOMON
ISLANDS MORE
THAN 2X AS
MANY MEN
ARE IN PAID
EMPLOYMENT
THAN WOMEN
WOMENS ENTERPRENEURIAL
EARNINGS RESULT IN GREATER
POVERTY REDUCTION BECAUSE
THEY TEND TO INVEST PROFITS
INTO THEIR FAMILIES WELL BEING
Source: Jalbert 2000
SCHOOL
GO
SOLUTION
D TA P E
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T
N
E
VERNM
NO SPECIFIC
BUSINESS
STRUCTURES
GEARED TOWARD
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
BUSINESS
STRUCTURE
INTRODUCTION OF COMMUNITY
COMPANIES TO ALLOW FOR
COMMUNAL OWNERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES,
REDUCING POTENTIAL FOR FRAUD
2. ACCESS TO FINANCE
PROBLEM
LAND TITLE
DEED
COLLATERAL
OPTIONS
SOLUTION
COLLATERAL
OPTIONS
LOAN
APPLICATION
DRIVING
LICENSE
PASSPORT
BIRTH
CERTIFICATE
1 DAY
28 DAYS
IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
ARE TOO STRICT AND
IMPRACTICAL TO OPEN A
BANK ACCOUNT
LETTER
FROM
CHIEF
POST-REFORM
SIMPLIFIED IDENTIFICATION
PROCEDURES SUCH AS
A LETTER FROM THE TRIBAL OR
CHURCH LEADER
3. SOE REFORM
PROBLEM
SOLUTION
ENCOURAGING GOVERNMENTS
THROUGH ADVOCACY TO CONSIDER
FEMALE BOARD REPRESENTATION
LACK OF FEMALE
REPRESENTATION ON BOARDS
RESULTS
PRELIMINARY DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED, WHICH WILL
PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR MONITORING ENHANCEMENTS OF
WOMENS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN THE PACIFIC.
MORE WOMEN
OWNING AND
MANAGING
COMPANIES
SOLOMON ISLANDS
WOMEN ON BOARDS
840
780
720
660
600
May 2011
MORE WOMEN
WITH DEPOSIT
BANK ACCOUNTS
WOMEN SHAREHOLDERS
Jan 2012
Jun 2012
100,000
34% ARE
WOMEN
ACTIVE CLIENTS
30% OF SOE
DIRECTORS IN
THE PACIFIC
ARE WOMEN