Pacific Women Lead

One of the largest global commitments to gender equality, Pacific Women Lead aims to improve women’s leadership, realise women’s rights and increase effectiveness of regional gender equality efforts.
Australia has made a regional investment of AUD170 million over five years (2021−2026) through Pacific Women Lead (PWL) to advance gender equality in the Pacific. The overarching goal is that Pacific women and girls, in all their diversity, are safe and equitably share in resources, opportunities and decision-making, with men and boys. PWL works toward achieving three outcomes: Women’s leadership promoted; Women’s rights realised (incorporating women’s health, women’s safety including ending violence against women and girls, and women’s economic empowerment); Pacific regional partners increase the effectiveness of regional gender equality efforts.