Hear from women and men in the Pacific highlight the importance of reflecting diversity in all areas of development. This includes meeting the needs of people with disabilities. Members of the Pacific Women Advisory Board reflect on the its contribution over the first half of the 10-year commitment.
The Pacific Women Advisory Board provides advice on the strategic direction of Pacific Women, assists in connecting the program with other influential leaders in the Pacific and advocates to support gender equality in the Pacific.
Hear from women in the Pacific explaining the benefits of gender equality interventions that are tailormade in, and for, the region. Members of the Pacific Women Advisory Board reflect on the its contribution over the first half of the 10-year commitment.
The Pacific Women Advisory Board provides advice on the strategic direction of Pacific Women, assists in connecting the program with other influential leaders in the Pacific and advocates to support gender equality in the Pacific.
Her Excellency Hilda Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Office of the President, Republic of the Marshall Islands), shared some welcome remarks via video for the Pacific Women Regional Learning Forum on Women's Economic Empowerment
Produced for the Pacific Women Regional Learning Forum on Women's Economic Empowerment, 'Working For Change' set the scene for three days of discussion. The seven-minute video highlights a range of women's experiences of economic empowerment programs.
Interviewees share some achievements of their organisations, supported by Pacific Women, reflect on progress since 2012 and share their visions for the future.
This video is part of a broader initiative to capture the expanse of experience, lessons learned and groundbreaking gender transformative approaches under Pacific Women, a series of knowledge products have been developed. This knowledge will guide future gender equality initiatives through Pacific Women Lead.
In a first for the Pacific, several country-specific video animations are available about the safety of women and children in their homes during the current COVID-19 pandemic response. This is the regional animation.
The animations address domestic and family violence which typically increases during times of crisis such as COVID-19.
Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development highlights the Australian Government's commitment to equality and empowerment of women in the region. It is a 10 year $320 million program striving for the full and free participation of Pacific women in political, economic and social life. Natasha Stott Despoja provides an overview of the program.
This dataset has training materials on the use and operation of the Cook Islands Data Portal Training.
This dataset provides the timeline of major natural disasters that have affected islands in the FSM, compiled by Whitney Hoot and Danko Taborosi of Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi), from the year 1775 to 2012.
FSM States Inform data portal training presentations
This dataset will contain all files concerning the FSM Adaptation Fund (AF) project.
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The Code of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) was amended to include the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), to increase the size of its Territorial Sea and to be inclusive of the current political status of FSM and other purpose as it deem fit (16 December 1988)
Chapter 1 of Title 18 of the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia, as amended by Public Law No. 19-172 on April 28, 2017 established a Contiguous Zone, comprising those areas of the sea that are beyond and adjacent to the Territorial Sea. The inner boundary of the contiguous zone is the seaward boundary of the Territorial Sea. The outer boundary of the Contiguous Zone is a line, every point of which is not more than 24 M seaward of the nearest point of the baseline as defined in section 101 of this title.
Based on section 102 and 103 of the Act that amends the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia, it describes the territorial sea as being established by twelve nautical miles' breadth. The inner boundary of the Territorial Sea of each island or atoll is the baseline. The outer boundary is a line, every point of which is twelve nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline.
The 24 nautical miles Contiguous Sea for FSM is defined under section 105A in the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia and it states that comprising those areas of the sea that are beyond and adjacent to the Territorial Sea. The inner boundary of the contiguous zone is the seaward boundary of the Territorial Sea. The outer boundary of the Contiguous Zone is a line, every point of which is not more than 24 M seaward of the nearest point of the baseline as defined in section 101.
Emergency division tabletop exercise in Kosrae- October 25-27, 2023