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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please mark your calendars for the next gender equality dialogue in the
<u>South-South Gender in Focus dialogue</u> series between the UN Women Multi-Country Offices of Fiji and the Caribbean. This dialogue will focus on
<i>women in resilience</i> and takes place on <b>Thursday, 22 July from 10:30am-12pm</b>.
<u>Speakers include Senator Hilda Heine from RMI and Ms. Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Click <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funwomen.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_eQrhWo3LQ9uKnz5p2l0BUw&data=04%7C01%7Canne.rehagen%40unwomen.org%7C437f50c7bc09423dda6608d94a44b077%7C2bcd07449e18487d85c3c9a325220be8%7C0%7C0%7C637622481155587090%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=5PP7kjWjc1CrfzXPwJz59eb5cThpLLut2%2BCRkw2%2BzD4%3D&reserved=0">
here</a> to register.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a name="_Hlk48211229"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Topic Background<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA) adopted in 1994, further complemented by The Mauritius Strategy of Implementation (MSI) of 2005 and MSI+5 Outcome
document, recognized that although they are afflicted by economic difficulties and confronted by development imperatives similar to those of developing countries generally, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have their own peculiar vulnerabilities and characteristics.
SIDS’ unique and particular vulnerabilities, including their small size, remoteness, narrow resource and export base, exposure to global environmental challenges and external economic shocks, including to a large range of impacts from climate change and potentially
more frequent and intense natural disasters, as well as high rates of violence against women, continue to pose challenges to the achievement of the SDGs. Despite such challenges, SIDS continue to address those structural and external issues to achieve their
sustainable development in ways appropriate to their context and that redefine resilience.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please feel free to share with your networks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a href="http://www.unwomen.org/"><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="216" height="110" style="width:2.25in;height:1.1458in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D77C92.1CCA7A20"></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Anne Rehagen</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><br>
<i>Gender Group Coordinator</i><br>
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/"><span style="color:blue">UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office</span><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none"><br>
</span></a>Level 3, Kadavu House<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Victoria Parade, Suva, Fiji<span style="color:black"><br>
Tel: +</span>679 3301178<span style="color:black"><br>
Email: </span><a href="mailto:anne.rehagen@unwomen.org%20%0b"><span style="color:blue">anne.rehagen@unwomen.org
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