Executive Summary One third of all women and girls worldwide face an ongoing epidemic of gender-based violence (GBV). Gender discrimination in the form of GBV, bias/ stereotyping, myths, customary practices, patriarchy, and toxic masculinity shapes societal...
This article highlights the important ramifications for the United States’ Compacts of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and Palau around human rights, migration, and economic assistance leading up...
Lawyers and local advocacy organisations will gain access to an important tool needed to identify gender bias within legal decisions made in Pacific Island Countries (PICs). The International Centre for Advocates Against Discrimination (ICAAD) released a handbook...
Over the past 5 years, ICAAD has advanced data-driven justice for gender based violence. We’ve also helped collect data on the efficacy of legal mechanisms, healthcare, and access to basic services like water and sanitation. More recently, our tools and methodologies...
Executive Summary Through their collective community monitoring project, End Maternal Mortality Now – initiated to bring down the rate of maternal deaths in Assam, India – ICAAD, Nazdeek, and PAJHRA can confirm that India still faces serious problems in regard to the...
ICAAD Advisor, Erin Thomas, visited Niue (pronounced Nu-way) twice this year, conducted in-person interviews with advocates, academics, and government officials. Erin presented this Report to key representatives and is working on opportunities to conduct comprehensive...
