New research has found scholarships and persistence are paying off in efforts to get more women in the Pacific into senior government jobs.
The public sector is the largest single employer of women across the Pacific but the research presented to a Commonwealth gathering in Apia this week shows they are significantly under-represented in the top jobs.
One of the researchers, Nicole Haley of the Australian National University, told Sally Round, about some of the strategies that are working in the region.
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New research finds scholarships and persistence are paying off in efforts to get more women in the Pacific into senior government jobs. Photo: RNZI/Sally Round