Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development: Three Year Evaluation MANAGEMENT RESPONSE Investment Summary Investment Name Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) AidWorks initiative INK496 number Commencement 2 April 2012 Completion date 30 June 2022 date Australian $ AUD$320 million Delivery Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) organisation(s) Implementing 14 Pacific Island governments, multilateral and regional organisations, international and partner(s) national non-government organisations and civil society organisations Country/Region Pacific Regional Primary sector Gender Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) was announced by the Initiative Australian Government at the Pacific Island Forum Leaders’ meeting in August 2012. It description commits up to $320 million over 10 years in 14 Pacific Islands Forum member countries. The program aims to improve opportunities for the political, economic and social advancement of Pacific women. Pacific Women will support countries to meet the commitments they made in the Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration (PLGED) in 2012. The intended outcomes sought by Pacific Women include: Women, and women’s interests, are increasingly and effectively represented and visible through leadership at all levels of decision-making. Women have expanded economic opportunities to earn an income and accumulate economic assets. Violence against women is reduced and survivors of violence have access to support services and to justice. Women in the Pacific will have a stronger sense of their own agency, supported by a changing legal and social environment and through increased access to the services they need. Pacific Women is implemented through work at the country and regional level. Country plans have been developed to represent locally relevant responses and starting points for change towards the key intended outcomes. Regional and multi-country activities have been designed to address common issues across the region or sub-region and to complement and build on country specific activities. To support program management a Pacific Women Support Unit has been established in Fiji, with a national sub-office in PNG. The Support Unit's role is to provide technical, administrative and logistical support to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) bilateral and regional Pacific Women teams and to Pacific Women’s implementing partners.
Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development: Three Year Evaluation MANAGEMENT RESPONSE Investment Summary Investment Name Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) AidWorks initiative number INK496 Commencement date 2 April 2012 Completion date 30 June 2022 Australian $ AUD$320 million Delivery organisation(s) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Implementing partner(s) 14 Pacific Island governments, multilateral and regional organisations, international and national non-government organisations and civil society organisations Country/Region Pacific Regional Primary sector Gender Initiative description Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) was announced by the Australian Government at the Pacific Island Forum Leaders’ meeting in August 2012. It commits up to $320 million over 10 years in 14 Pacific Islands Forum member countries. The program aims to improve opportunities for the political, economic and social advancement of Pacific women. Pacific Women will support countries to meet the commitments they made in the Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration (PLGED) in 2012. The intended outcomes sought by Pacific Women include: Women, and women’s interests, are increasingly and effectively represented and visible through leadership at all levels of decision-making. Women have expanded economic opportunities to earn an income and accumulate economic assets. Violence against women is reduced and survivors of violence have access to support services and to justice. Women in the Pacific will have a stronger sense of their own agency, supported by a changing legal and social environment and through increased access to the services they need. Pacific Women is implemented through work at the country and regional level. Country plans have been developed to represent locally relevant responses and starting points for change towards the key intended outcomes. Regional and multi-country activities have been designed to address common issues across the region or sub-region and to complement and build on country specific activities. To support program management a Pacific Women Support Unit has been established in Fiji, with a national sub-office in PNG. The Support Unit's role is to provide technical, administrative and logistical support to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) bilateral and regional Pacific Women teams and to Pacific Women’s implementing partners.
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