Do No Harm Research – Bougainville

This report covers the research undertaken in Bougainville as part of the Do No Harm: Understanding the Relationship between Women’s Economic Empowerment and Violence against Women in Melanesia research project. The Do No Harm research addresses the question of how to improve women’s economic agency and the security of their livelihoods without compromising their safety. It sought to capture the diversity of ways that women endeavour to overcome economic disadvantage in contemporary Melanesia. The research generated rich qualitative data on women’s lives and the difficulties and challenges they confront as they seek to earn income in order to improve their lives and those of their children.