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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> press-releases-bounces@lists.spc.int [mailto:press-releases-bounces@lists.spc.int]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>SPC Media<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 25, 2017 3:06 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SPC-News] Media Alert: Pacific’s largest women’s conference to take place in Suva, Fiji<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><img width="924" height="154" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D3360F.C589D430"></span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:18.0pt">Pacific’s largest women’s conference to take place in Suva, Fiji<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-AU">25 September 2018<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">The 13th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and 6th Meeting of the Pacific Ministers for Women will be held from the 2<sup>
</sup>to 6 October at the Novotel Lami Bay in Suva, Fiji.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">The conference will bring together senior government officials and civil society representatives from across 22 Pacific Island countries and territories to discuss progress made on commitments to increasing gender equality,
identify measures to accelerate progress and implementation efforts in the region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Successive Triennial Conferences have provided an important space for the participation of civil society organisations. This year’s conference will see greater engagement by civil society, particularly young women and
women with disability. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">The conference will also encourage greater partnership between governments and development partners to support the participation of civil society representatives on official delegations, so that there is a stronger, more
amplified Pacific voice at global discussions on gender.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">The overarching theme of this year’s Triennial and Conference is
<i>Pacific Women’s economic empowerment</i>. Republic of the Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine, the first woman head of state of an independent Pacific Island nation, will deliver the key note address.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">The 13th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and the 6th Meeting of Ministers for Women is primarily coordinated by ‘conference secretariat’ the Pacific Community (SPC), in collaboration with the multi-partner ‘steering
committee’, and principally supported by the Australian Government.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Media Contact: <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Veena Singh, Research Officer, Gender Equality|
<a href="mailto:veenas@spc.int">veenas@spc.int</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Rajan Sami, Communications Specialist | <a href="mailto:communiquefiji@gmail.com">
communiquefiji@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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