The Pacific Foundation For the Advancement Of Women (PACFAW) was formally established in Tonga December, 2000 by the National Councils Of Women in the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, the Solomons, the Federated States of Micronesia, Tonga, and Tuvalu. PACFAW has played an important role in advocacy and coordination of activities for the advancement of women in the Pacific. PACFAW is funded by the European Union and a Germany-based NGO, Bread for the World.