Abstract

Key messages Gender inequality and gender-based violence are major development issues throughout Solomon Islands. Injustices against women and girls are particularly pronounced in the logging sector. Solomon Islands is making important advances towards designing policies that aim to achieve gender equity, but these advances are yet to become visible within the forestry sector. This info brief summarizes research on the impacts of logging operations on Solomon Islands’ women and girls. It calls for the development of legislation, policy and practice that ensures gender equity in logging operations and offers recommendations for doing so. The National Forest Policy and ongoing review of the Forest Resources and Timber Utilization Act provide important opportunities to address the gender injustices that characterize the Solomon Islands’ logging sector.

Highlights

  • Gender disparities form a major development challenge throughout Solomon Islands

  • This info brief summarizes research on the impacts of logging operations on Solomon Islands’ women and girls. It calls for the development of legislation, policy and practice that ensures gender equity in logging operations and offers recommendations for doing so

  • Other government agencies recognize the importance of gender mainstreaming. This is apparent, for instance, from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources adopting a Gender Implementation Strategy in 2011, as well as a more general growing sensitivity towards gender issues within the fisheries sector (SPC 2018). Such advances are still to materialize in the Solomon Islands logging sector, which is governed by the Ministry of Forestry and Research (MOFR)

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Key messages

• Gender inequality and gender-based violence are major development issues throughout Solomon Islands. • Injustices against women and girls are particularly pronounced in the logging sector. • Solomon Islands is making important advances towards designing policies that aim to achieve gender equity, but these advances are yet to become visible within the forestry sector. • This info brief summarizes research on the impacts of logging operations on Solomon Islands’ women and girls. • It calls for the development of legislation, policy and practice that ensures gender equity in logging operations and offers recommendations for doing so. • The National Forest Policy and ongoing review of the Forest Resources and Timber Utilization Act provide important opportunities to address the gender injustices that characterize the Solomon Islands’ logging sector.

Gender disparities in Solomon Islands
Gender policy in Solomon Islands
Methods
Logging in Solomon Islands
Ten ways in which logging negatively affects women and girls
Conclusions and recommendations
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