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(THE NATIONAL) A major conference for Pacific women opened Tuesday, uniting senior ministers from countries around the region.
But PNG’s Community Development, Youth and Religion Minister Wake Goi told The National that he would not be participating in the 14th triennial conference of Pacific Women because the notice reached him too late and he was still in his electorate.
“Any important meeting’s notice must reach me two weeks prior to lock in the dates,” he said.
Nevertheless, he said this was an important event which PNG was committed to supporting and the acting secretary or a representative in the department would attend.
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Inclusive disaster risk reduction for more resilient Pacific
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Suva – Strengthening inclusion is the pathway to preventing and reducing disaster and climate risk in some of the Pacific region’s most vulnerable and marginalised communities.
In a Pacific-wide discussion, four speakers shared their reflections and experience on how to support and strengthen the climate and disaster resilience of women, children, and persons living with disability, all of whom are disproportionately affected during and after disasters.
Ms. Noelene Nabulivou, Co-Founder and Director of DIVA for Equality, said that women and lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Intersex people (LGBTI) are often affected by disasters, but can also inform policy making thanks to their strong local knowledge and skills on the ground.
Palau upholds gender equality, social inclusion in disaster risk management
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Palau has taken concrete action to leave no one behind in its disaster risk management efforts. Forty-two (42) staff (21 women and 21 men) from the public sector and civil society organisations who engage in national and community disaster risk management in Palau received training to integrate a gender, age, disability and cultural perspective in policies and practices of disaster risk management.
The two-day workshop was opened in the capital Koror on Wednesday 10 February 2021 by Palau’s National Emergency Management Office (NEMO), Bureau of Ageing, Disability and Gender (BADG), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP). This was in partnership with Palau Red Cross, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Pacific Community (SPC), and Omekesang Association of Palau, a civil society organisation working for the rights of persons with disabilities.