Community Grants Program. Recommendation 7 Agree DFAT will continue to Post and the Ongoing support women’s Pacific Women Similarly, work with the inclusion and Support Unit will Bougainville Women’s participation in support Federation, and the electoral processes in Bougainville appropriate Bougainville, including stakeholders to Bougainville through support to lead the Government agencies the International development of a and the Bougainville Federation for strategy to Peace-Building Program Electoral Systems. This continue voter to develop a strategy program will promote education. DFAT for continuation for women’s involvement will share voter education in the electoral learnings from program. process in Bougainville relevant Pacific as a key objective. Women programs to inform the strategy, including at the Pacific Women Annual Learning Workshop. Recommendation 8 Agree in part DFAT supports this Post will continue Ongoing noting the to strengthen Leverage support for importance of working linkages between mental health and with men to achieve Pacific Women counselling services for gender equality investments and men with trauma. outcomes. However, other sectoral efforts to leverage this programs that support need to address these be clearly linked to areas, including achieving the through the Pacific intended support to the Women outcomes. male advocacy network and the men’s hub in Bougainville. Recommendation 9 Agree DFAT supports this Post will encourage Ongoing. recommendation, this through program Use Pacific Women noting the and technical design networking and importance of process and reviews, coalition-building Pacific Women and through the opportunities to supporting Annual Learning disseminate approaches and Workshop and
Community Grants Program. Recommendation 7 Similarly, work with the Bougainville Women’s Federation, and the appropriate Bougainville Government agencies and the Bougainville Peace-Building Program to develop a strategy for continuation for voter education program. Agree DFAT will continue to support women’s inclusion and participation in electoral processes in Bougainville, including through support to the International Federation for Electoral Systems. This program will promote women’s involvement in the electoral process in Bougainville as a key objective. Post and the Pacific Women Support Unit will support Bougainville stakeholders to lead the development of a strategy to continue voter education. DFAT will share learnings from relevant Pacific Women programs to inform the strategy, including at the Pacific Women Annual Learning Workshop. Ongoing Recommendation 8 Leverage support for mental health and counselling services for men with trauma. Agree in part DFAT supports this noting the importance of working with men to achieve gender equality outcomes. However, efforts to leverage this support need to be clearly linked to achieving the Pacific Women intended outcomes. Post will continue to strengthen linkages between Pacific Women investments and other sectoral programs that address these areas, including through the support to the male advocacy network and the men’s hub in Bougainville. Ongoing Recommendation 9 Use Pacific Women networking and coalition-building opportunities to disseminate Agree DFAT supports this recommendation, noting the importance of Pacific Women supporting approaches and Post will encourage this through program and technical design process and reviews, and through the Annual Learning Workshop and Ongoing.