The situation is exacerbated given that Goal 4 not only focuses on universal participation and completion of education at all levels, but emphasises quality education, which will require more concerted effort and resources to achieve. Despite national and regional efforts, improving the quality of education for the Commonwealth Pacific small states remains a major challenge (UNESCO, 2015). The IAEG-SDGs proposed 14 indicators to monitor this goal, of which two-and-a-half7 were Tier 1 indicators, related to Target 5.5 on womens partnership in decision-making and 5.b on the use of technology to promote the empowerment of women (see Appendix 2.1). As there are no Tier 1 indicators for the other major targets to end discrimination against women (5.1), eliminate violence against women (5.2), recognise unpaid care and domestic work (5.4), ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH - 5.6), equal rights to economic resources (5.a) and strengthening legislation to promote gender equality (5.c), it is not possible to provide an overall assessment on Goal 5 for the Commonwealth Pacific small states.