Do No Harm Research Project Report: Women in Formal Employment Survey

The Do No Harm research project in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands sought to understand whether and in what ways economic inclusion and empowerment initiatives affect women’s experience of violence. This report of the findings of quantitative survey documents the priorities and experiences of women working in full or part-time formal employment.

The key lessons learned from the research were that working with men is necessary, there is an existing need for community-based gender transformative programs, and women’s economic empowerment programming must adopt a ‘do no harm’ approach. The guidance material kits use these lessons to assist program designers and implementers to integrate the elimination of violence against women into women’s economic empowerment programming.