<div dir="ltr">Thank you La,<div><br></div><div>I very much agree with all said by Lanieta. It is about time women are supported through budgetary allocation.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Many Thanks</div><div>Mere</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Lanieta Tuimabu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lanietatuimabu@fdpf.org" target="_blank">lanietatuimabu@fdpf.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_3612317234564574213WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Women with disability delighted with outcome of Women’s Ministers meeting<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="m_3612317234564574213gmail-default"><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">PAC - WOMEN MEET: FIJI SUN PACNEWS 2: Mon 09 Oct 2017 </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3612317234564574213gmail-default"><b><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">Women with disability delighted with outcome of Women’s Ministers meeting </span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3612317234564574213gmail-default"><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">SUVA, 09 OCTOBER 2017 (FIJI SUN) --- Women with disabilities have had their right to work recognised by Pacific Ministers for Women. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3612317234564574213gmail-default"><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">The recognition which appears in the wording of the outcomes document of the Pacific Ministers for Women meeting is significant because it means regional organisation will now have to work to ensure that the needs of disabled women are met. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3612317234564574213gmail-default"><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">―The women with disabilities community is very excited that they got a very substantive paragraph (in the outcomes document), said Noelene Nabulivou representing the We Rise Feminist Caucus, a leading civil society organisation at the meeting. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3612317234564574213gmail-default"><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">―And it‘s a paragraph that links to an international commitment, she said explaining that it has the backing of international laws and conventions signed by Pacific governments. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3612317234564574213gmail-default"><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">The breakthrough paragraph reads: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">‖</span><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">The conference recognised the right of persons with disabilities, including women, to work on an equal basis with others. This includes the right to the opportunity to gain a living by work freely chosen or accepted. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3612317234564574213gmail-default"><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation office manager, Lanieta Tuimabu told journalists at the meeting says women with disability should not be left behind. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3612317234564574213gmail-default"><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">―We believe that human right is for everyone and I would like to see that women with disabilities will not be discriminated,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">‖</span><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif""> Tuimabu said She has been an active observer and contributor to the 13th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and sixth Pacific Ministers for Women meeting since Monday Tuimabu said the triennial conference had given her a platform and more confidence to advocate on women with disability. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3612317234564574213gmail-default"><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">―Women with disability can also participate and earn their living through crafts. There is a lot of texts on women with disability but the way forward would be is seeing the documents advocate on in our various government women ministries on how we could include disability in the various ministries; not only the policies but also the budgetary allocations to support the work for us. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">―By 2030, I wish to see that no women with disability are left behind in the development, participation and decision making, playing leadership roles and take part in various sector activities; and are not seen as a separate group but coming together as one with one voice,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">‖</span><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif""> Tuimabu said....PACNEWS</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><img width="95" height="96" id="m_3612317234564574213_x0000_i1025" src="cid:~WRD002.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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