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.
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/008205Altmetric score:
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Publication year
2021
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
gender, development studies, forestry, forest policy, national planning, logging, regulation
Geographic
Solomon Islands
