Fiji: Gender, disaster risk management and climate change training set to begin
The Ministry of Women, Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will conduct a training for trainers for Gender, Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change at Tanoa Plaza today.
The training is targeted at Government ministries working in the areas of disaster risk management, vulnerable communities, and community outreach officers affiliated to these departments.
The objective of the training is to familiarise Government officials and field staff with key concepts associated with gender, disaster risk management and climate change, train community outreach workers as “trainers of trainers” to ensure broad dissemination and application of the knowledge, and promote reflection and analysis of how to improve gender equity in relation to recurring disasters and ongoing climate change in the Pacific island context.
The training will be conducted by lead facilitator Karen Bernard, Programme Specialist in Disaster Reduction at the UNDP Pacific Centre, Stephanie Zoll, Community-Based Disaster Risk Management Advisor at SOPAC, Minakp Kakuna, Humantarian Affairs Officer at UNOCHA and Vuli Gauna, Disaster Coordinator at the Fiji Red Cross Society.
The training will be opened by the Minister for Women, Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation Dr Jiko Luveni at 9.00am and will run for two days.