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2007	April 2008	Place
	French Territories to discuss CEDAW reporting process Over 70 representatives from governments, local bodies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations in the three French Pacific territories attended a meeting on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) at SPC. Read more	SPC Noumea New Caledonia
	March 2008	Place
	Time for Pacific Island countries and territories to take responsibility for financing gender equality This year’s theme for International Women’s Day on 8 March, Investing in Women and Girls, provides an opportunity to review the situation in the Pacific region regarding financing for gender equality. Read more	Pohnpei Federated States of Micronesia
	Youth stakeholders meet to improve regional collaboration Youth sector specialists from around the Pacific are meeting at SPC headquarters in Noumea to discuss how to improve regional coordination in the area of youth development. Read more	SPC Noumea New Caledonia
	February 2008	Place
	52nd Commission on the Status of Women Pacific turnout to CSW improves The two-week-long 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 52) ends today in New York. The main focus of CSW this year was Financing for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The commission also looked at the themes of Gender Perspectives on Climate Change and Gender and HIV. Read more	New York United States
	January 2008	Place
	Culture essential but often ignored The new Adviser for culture at SPC’s Human Development Programme (HDP), Elise Huffer, says despite its essential role, culture is an area that is often neglected or marginalised in governance and development policy. Read more	SPC Noumea New Caledonia
	November 2007	Place
	Gender Based Violence and Child Abuse study underway In the Pacific, gender based violence and child abuse are increasingly recognized as serious issues. However, there is limited knowledge about the problems including their causes, prevalence and impacts. SPC’s Human Development Programme, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund and AusAID, is currently carrying out a three year study on gender based violence and child abuse in Kiribati and Solomon Islands. Read more	Kiribati and Solomon Islands
	The new Human Development Programme Adviser for Youth at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Rose Maebiru, says, ‘Young people want to be recognised as equal partners in their development.’ Read more	SPC Noumea New Caledonia
	SPC Gender Award 2007 presented to LRD for its gender-inclusive approach For the first time at an SPC governing body meeting, the Secretariat has rewarded one of its programmes for its gender-inclusive approach to activities developed in countries throughout the region. Read more	Apia Samoa
	Gender awareness training for SPC staff Staff from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) in Noumea began a week of gender awareness training today. Read more	SPC Noumea New Caledonia
	SPC hosts premier book launch spotlighting women from Lifou (New Caledonia) SPC hosted the world premier launch of The Kite is Tied to You (Il filo e l’aquilone), a work by Italian cultural anthropologist Anna Paini. The book looks at women's experiences in Kanak society in Lifou. Read more	SPC Noumea New Caledonia
	Major exercise to put youth projects on the maps Youth programmes across the Pacific are currently being mapped out, for the first time, to create a complete picture of exactly what work is being done in the region with young people. Read more	SPC Noumea New Caledonia
	Countdown to region's largest cultural events begins With just a year to go, preparations are well under way for the region’s largest traditional and contemporary cultural event, the Festival of Pacific Arts. The 10th Festival of Pacific Arts will be held in American Samoa from 20 July to 2 August 2008. Read more	Apia American Samoa
	Exhibition@SPC: Illustrated Travel Journal, Solomon Islands is the work of New Caledonian artist Patricia Bourgeois. In June 2006, the artist accompanied her doctor husband on a humanitarian mission to Solomon Islands, sailing there from New Caledonia via Santo in Vanuatu. The exhibition is a collage of images and diary entries portraying Ms Bourgeois’ impressions during the trip.  The exhibition is an example of how the Human Development Programme aims to facilitate demonstrations of different art forms in the region in the lead-up to and beyond the Festival of Pacific Arts.	SPC Noumea New Caledonia
	Tione Chinula, new advocacy and communications officer for the Human Development programme The recent amalgamation of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Women's and Youth Bureaus, Cultural Programme, and Community Education and Training Centre into the Human Development Programme (HDP) sets an interesting new direction, says the programme’s new Advocacy and Communications Officer. Read more	SPC Noumea New Caledonia
	Exhibition@SPC: 'Gelam Nguzu Kazi - Dugong, My Son' The Australian Consulate-General and SPC have co-hosted the 'Gelam Nguzu Kazi' exhibition at SPC headquarters from 19 February to 16 March. Gelam Nguzu Kazi – Dugong My Son is the first exhibition of limited edition linocuts by the artists of the Mualgau Minaral Artist Collective from Mua Island in the Torres Strait. Read more	SPC Noumea New Caledonia