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SPC Gender Award 2007 presented to LRD for
its gender-inclusive approach
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From left to right:
Dr ’Aleki SISIFA, Director of SPC Land
Resources Division; Mr Ermenegilde SIMETE,
CRGA Chairman and President of the
Assembly of Wallis and Futuna and
Ms Linda PETERSEN, SPC Human Development
Programme Manager |
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.
The SPC Land Resources Division is the
recipient of the 2007 award, which has
been created to recognise the critical
importance of gender issues and concerns
in development, both in the corporate
management of regional organisations
such as SPC and in the delivery of
technical assistance and programmes.
‘Our region continues to struggle to
meet its gender-equality commitments at
national, regional and international
level,’ stressed Linda Petersen, SPC
Human Development Programme Manager, to
delegates from SPC member Pacific Island
countries and territories this morning
during the presentation of the award.
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‘The award is aimed at promoting increased
integration of gender into all aspects of
our organisation’s work. The SPC Land Resources
Division has made significant efforts through
its DSAP programme – Developing Sustainable
Agriculture in the Pacific – to integrate women
as well as youth in its activities in many
different ways, including its recruitment
process and its capacity-building activities
using gender indicators as a means of measuring
women’s participation.’
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The award is in line with the Council of
Regional Organisations in the Pacific
(CROP) gender policy and demonstrates
SPC’s commitment to fulfilling the
policy’s requirements.
The SPC Gender Award is a sculpture
symbolising the traditional family. The
outer curved vertical columns represent
the female and male entities, within
which the mother and the father are
reflected. In the centre, children
complete this vision of balance and
harmony. To remove any of these
interrelated elements will cause the
structure to collapse. |
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Contact
For more information, contact Rosita Hoffmann,
SPC Communications and Public Relations Adviser,
via email:
RositaH@spc.int or by phone: +685 7222324.
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