SOPAC PEG NEWSLETTTER, ISSUE 1, AUGUST 2007
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Foreword

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Energy and Gender Linkages in the Pacific
Region

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History of PEG Network

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Recent Achievements of PEG

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PEG’s Ongoing Activities

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PEG Members Column

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Networking & Sharing Case Studies from the
Pacific Region

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Bulletin Board

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Woman cooking over kerosene stove

PEG has also participated in various regional and international
workshops, meetings and side events over the years in an
effort to network with other partners, raise awareness of energy
and gender issues specific to the Pacific region, and to seek
donor support. PEG’s participation at the 15th Session of the
Commission of Sustainable Development (CSD 15) and side
events was fruitful, more details are included in this newsletter.

Bula!! From the PEG Secretariat, hosted by Pacific Islands
Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC).
We welcome readers to the first issue of the Pacific Energy
and Gender Network (PEG) Newsletter. This issue provides
a background to the PEG, its recent achievements, ongoing
activities, and much more.

PEG acknowledges its key donor Technical Centre for Agricultural
and Rural Co-operation (CTA), who have contributed towards this
newsletter and supported PEG’s activities over the years. Also
PEG has collaborated closely with ENERGIA – the International
Network on Gender and Sustainable Development and received
both financial and ongoing technical support. We hope readers
enjoy the first issue of the PEG Newsletter and we welcome
feedback and articles for the next issue.

PEG, since its establishment in August 2003, has carried out
various advocacy activities. During the period 2004-2005 PEG
undertook a key project to build awareness on energy and gender
issues in the region through the development of resources such
as a PEG website, posters and flyers, communication materials
including a video, series of radio spots, and a Pacific Energy and
Gender Annotated Bibliography. The resources developed were
circulated in the region and as an ongoing activity the materials
have been used in training workshops and meetings to build
awareness on energy and gender linkages.

Yogita Bhikabhai,
PEG Coordinator

The Pacific Energy and Gender Network (PEG) is mandated to coordinate and mobilise people and organisations,
communities especially women and youth, committed to achieving gender equity in all aspects of energy development
in the Pacific. The network was formally established and endorsed at the Regional Workshop on Gender, Energy and
Sustainable Development, held from the 4th to the 8th of August 2003 in Nadi, Fiji. The meeting further recommended
that SOPAC initially house and coordinate the PEG network.
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ENERGY AND GENDER LINKAGES IN THE
PACIFIC REGION

where the importance of women’s participation in national and
regional development activities was formally recognised.

Availability of energy is a key concern in meeting both basic and
development needs for every country. Energy is a necessary
and vital ingredient of socio-economic development and
economic growth. In general, energy can contribute to widening
opportunities and empowering people to exercise choices. On
the other hand, its absence can constrain men, women and
youths from contributing to development. Thus, linkages have
been established between energy and major socio-economic
global issues such as poverty and hardships, gender disparity,
population, food security, health, environment, economy, and
security.

In the global context these activities are consistent with Principle 20
of the Rio Declaration and Chapter 24 of UN Resolution, Agenda
21, which stresses the vital role women play in the management
of the environment and natural resources and calls for the full
participation of women in sustainable development programmes.
In addition, the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development (WSSD) process reinforce the importance of the
women proactive role and gender mainstreaming as mechanisms
for poverty eradication.
The UN Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development
Goals, define the overarching aspirations of contemporary
sustainable development thinking, and make unequivocal
reference to the need for a gender perspective in all development
activities as a key element in promoting sustainability of the
environment, societies and economies. Millennium Development
Goal 3 specifically targets the promotion of gender equality
and the empowerment of women. Although the goal is valuable
in themselves, they are also central to achieving all the other
Millennium Development Goals.

Basic household energy needs in the Pacific region are similar to
those in other parts of the world; energy is needed for cooking,
washing, drying, lighting, etc. Women’s roles in society are closely
associated with providing for these basic household energy
needs. In the Pacific, women’s responsibilities as managers of
their homes often include gathering fuel wood, although in some
Polynesian countries the men gather the wood because large
logs are needed for cooking in an “umu” (earth oven).
Gathering fuel wood can be difficult in communities where the
nearby trees and forest have been unsustainably harvested,
as has happened in many Pacific island countries. This has
exacerbated fuel wood shortages in many communities. The
time taken to collect fuel wood can be quite significant once
distance travelled gets further and further away from the homes.
In rural areas, cooking with fuel wood in open fires is still widely
practised, and women are subjected to the smoke and negative
health effects often associated with open fire cooking. The
availability of modern cooking fuels such as LPG is restricted
to urban centres. The poor infrastructure development in rural
areas inhibits access to LPG and other types of energy sources
less polluting than open wood fires.

In the regional context, as a followup to the Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Workshop “Women
Leaders on the Uptake of Renewable Energy Technology held
in Perth, Western Australia in June/July 2001 and the Regional
Energy Meeting held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands in 2002, the
Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)2
acquitted the mandate to assist in coordinating initiatives related
to the development and implementation of an action plan for
women and energy.

Access to electricity in Pacific islands varies from 100% in Niue to
less than 20% in the Solomon Islands. In the Melanesian group of
countries, which includes Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon
Islands and Vanuatu, access to electricity is at the lower end of
the scale. In all these countries, the majority of the population
lives in rural areas. The lack of access to electricity in rural areas
adds to the hardships faced by women and other disadvantaged
groups in the communities. Many times women have to do their
household chores with poor quality lighting, including improvised
hurricane lamps. School children cannot easily study at home
without proper lighting and, in this modern digital age, lack of
electricity makes the gap between rural and urban school
children even wider. Health services, too, are affected by the lack
of electricity and many rural health clinics cannot provide basic
health services due to lack of refrigeration units for vaccines.

Woman cooking with biomass (coconut husks
and wood)
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The Pacific Platform for Action was the Pacific contribution to the Global
Platform for Action that was endorsed in Beijing in 1995

Interest in gender can be traced back to the Pacific Platform1 for
Action for the Advancement of Women, adopted in 1994 by the
22 governments and administrations served by the Secretariat of
the Pacific Community (SPC) as part of the Noumea Declaration

2

Previously known as South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
(SOPAC)

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HISTORY OF PACIFIC ENERGY AND GENDER
NETWORK (PEG)

RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS OF PEG
Sub-Regional Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Policy
and Planning in the Pacific Islands, March 2007

To set the first milestone, SOPAC convened the regional workshop
on “Gender, Energy and Sustainable Development” in Nadi, Fiji
Islands from 4 to 8 August 2003. Recommendations resulting from
the workshop included (i) mainstreaming gender into energy and
policy planning, (ii) improving networking at national and regional
level with relevant stakeholders, (iii) strengthening information
dissemination in order to increase awareness of energy and gender
issues, (iv) provision of technical assistance, (v) improved gender
and energy training; and (vi) capacity building at different levels
on (a) fund raising, and (b) analysing gender impact of the use of
different energy sources and technical choices.

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The objective of the above two sub-regional workshops was to
reinforce awareness and integration of gender equity into rural
energy development, energy policies and action plans.
The workshops were designed to carry out energy and gender
awareness using the ENERGIA Training Manual adapted to the
Pacific Context – Concepts and Issues in Gender and Energy and
to conduct capacity building and training in proposal writing (country
specific) on gender mainstreaming in energy policy and planning in
the Pacific islands.

Among the identified actions, participants prioritised the
establishment of a network through a coordinating “hub” and agreed
that a body named “Pacific Energy and Gender Network” (PEG)
be established and initially hosted by the SOPAC Secretariat. After
endorsing the establishment of the regional energy and gender
network, Pacific Energy and Gender Network (PEG), the participants
at the workshop defined its mandate and scope. Further the 2005
Regional Workshop “Strategic Planning and Awareness Raising
Workshop”, Nadi, Fiji Islands revised the mandate and scope as
follows:

The following countries participated in the Fiji workshop – Fiji
Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Niue. For the FSM
workshop – four FSM states (Pohnpei, Chuuk, Kosrae, Yap), Palau
and Marshall Islands were invited to the workshop. The workshops
were funded by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), with contributions from the PIEPSAP Project and
SOPAC Secretariat.

Agreed Recommendations on the Establishment of the
Pacific Energy and Gender Network (PEG)
(i)
(ii)

(iii)

(iv)
(v)

(vi)
(vii)
(viii)

Fiji Sub-Regional Workshop: 5-9 March 2007, Tanoa
International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji Islands
FSM Sub-Regional Workshop: 19-23 March 2007, Pohnpei,
Federated States of Micronesia

That the region chooses to endorse and establish a regional
gender and energy network, Pacific Energy and Gender
Network (PEG).
That the PEG Network is open for membership to all
Pacific island countries, regional, national and community
organisations, and other relevant stakeholders that have
energy and gender interests in the region.
That the PEG Network becomes, a strategic and action
medium, in the Pacific Islands Energy Policy (PIEP) and
Pacific Islands Energy Strategic Action Plan (PIESAP)
in order to further gender equity and mainstreaming for
sustainable energy development in the region.
That the PEG Network was formally established through a
coordinating “hub” and initially hosted by SOPAC. The 2005
workshop recommends that SOPAC continue to host PEG;
That the “hub” or Secretariat for PEG Network exists as a
separate function to the host organization with the option that
the “hub” of the Network rotates throughout the region and
be hosted by different organizations with suitable capacity.
That the PEG Working Group established in 2003 continues
to plan, oversee and be responsible for the operations of the
PEG Network.
PEG Network strengthens its linkages and collaborations with
the international gender and energy network ENERGIA.
PEG Network to implement PEG Strategic Action Plan
(PEGSAP) in collaboration with regional, national and
community organisations and other relevant stakeholders

Workshop reports, and CDs with presentations are available from
SOPAC.

John Korinihona, from Solomons
Islands presenting the group
exercise

Group exercise by Pohnpei
participants

PEG’s
Participation
in
Regional
and
International Meetings — Pacific Energy and Gender
Network at CSD 15
ENERGIA the International Network on Gender and Sustainable
Energy financially supported the participation of the PEG to CSD 15
in New York. ENERGIA, in its capacity as a co-facilitator for Women
as a Major Group, continued to work with governments, UN agencies
and other major groups, to advocate for international and national

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commitments that can be used as a platform to spur action and
consolidate efforts at and beyond CSD 15.

are some of the creative
outputs of PEG since its
establishment. Copies of
materials can be requested
from SOPAC. The Technical
Centre for Agricultural
and Rural Cooperation
(CTA) and ENERGIA are
acknowledged for their
ongoing support to PEG’s
activities.

The ENERGIA’s primary focus was on concrete plans for
mainstreaming a gender perspective into policies, programmes
and decision-making processes regarding expanded access to
energy for sustainable development. One of the side events
organised by ENERGIA was the “ENERGIA and Gender” day
hosted as part of the UNDP Knowledge Expo. The Knowledge
Expo was planned to provide a forum for UN agencies and
partners to consolidate their work on energy for sustainable
development, while offering a forum for policy discussion and
knowledge exchange among development practitioners. At this
side event PEG presented the PEG background and its ongoing
activities.

Flyers in three languages (English,
Fijian and Hindi)

Although CSD 15 did not produce a negotiated decision text
due to political controversies about sustainable energy and
climate change targets, ENERGIA’s progress in pressing for
greater attention to gender and energy issues was well-reflected
in the Chair’s Summary of the CSD negotiations, as well as in
his proposed Decision Text, which was based on the points the
delegates had been able to agree on by the end of the session.
For more information about papers presented at CSD 15 please
visit: http://www.energia.org/csd_book.html
Game at the back of the flyer

Radio programmes developed
for six Pacific Island Countries,
in English and seven local
languages (Fijian, Hindi,
Kiribati, Samoan, Solomon
Pidgin, Tuvaluan and Vanuatu
Bislama). The radio spots
developed focused on 3
themes – one spot on energy
efficient appliances and bulbs,
another on solar energy and the
third on gender. All three spots
underlined the importance of
energy and how it improves
livelihoods of the community.
Radio spots in eight languages
A video programme (20
mins) on Linkages Between
Energy and Gender in
the Pacific (in English). It
presents successful rural
sustainable energy projects
such as the Driti Community
Solar Refrigeration project
(Fiji Islands), Lakhan Family
Biogas project (Fiji Islands),
Atata Community Solar project
(Kingdom of Tonga) and Palau
Entrepreneur
Laundromat

Intervention at CSD15 by Women’s Major Group

PEG’S ONGOING ACTIVITIES
PEG’s ongoing activities include incorporating energy/gender
articles into the quarterly Pacific Energy Newsletter (PEN) and
other regional/international newsletters, mainstreaming gender
into regional/national energy policies, and building awareness on
energy/gender linkages.
In addition to the workshops, other activities include development,
publishing and dissemination of awareness materials. Below

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Video 20 minutes

Regional Strategic Planning and Awareness
Raising Workshop – PEG
5-9 December 2005, Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi

experience. The video has already been launched on national
television – Fiji TV on The Pacific Way programme, which is also
viewed in other PICs. It is expected that more opportunities will be
sought for this video to be played over other
national television channels in the region.

SOPAC hosted the above
meeting, funded by Technical
Centre for Agricultural and Rural
Cooperation (CTA) with technical
support provided by ENERGIA.
The purpose of the workshop was
to support the mainstreaming of
gender into national and regional
energy policies and planning, and
to enhance equitable access to
energy by the rural communities in
the Pacific Island Countries.

A Pacific Energy and Gender Annotated
Bibliography was developed and published.
This document summarises key materials
on gender and energy with respect to the
Pacific region, whether written from within
or outside the region.
A mailing list was established for the PEG network: http://www.
dgroups.org/groups/cta/PEG which provides online tools and
services needed to support the activities of the network. If readers
are interested in joining the dgroup pleae email: yogita@sopac.org
or koin@sopac.org.

The Workshop was attended by
energy officers from 10 Pacific
Island Countries, resource personnel and facilitated by SOPAC,
ENERGIA and the Fiji Ministry of Women, Social Welfare and
Poverty Alleviation.
The workshop adopted and achieved the following:
1) A terms of Reference for the Pacific Energy and Gender
Network (PEG);
2) The PEG Strategic Action Plan (2006-2008);
3) The Pacific Energy and Gender paper to the CSD 14/15;
4) Increased understanding and capacity in dealing with
gender/poverty issues in the energy sector (ENERGIA
training modules adapted to Pacific); and
5) Published and disseminated a workshop proceedings, CDs
with presentations and training materials.

Online contact database

Energy and Gender Training Modules Adapted to the Pacific
Context
A key outcome and recommendation from the above workshop
was to adapt the ENERGIA Energy and Gender Training Modules
to the Pacific Context. In 2006 the modules were adapted and
used for the first time at the 2007 Sub-Regional Workshop on
Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Policy and Planning in the
Pacific Islands

An Online Contact database of personnel in the field of energy
and gender for the Pacific region has been developed: http://www.
sopac.org/PEG+Database
PEG also produced posters (on
the left) and flyers with games
(illustrated on page 4) in 3
languages – English, Fijian,
and Hindi.

The above documents are also online the PEG webpage: http://
www.sopac.org/PEG+Resource

All the above materials are
available from the SOPAC
Secretariat.

Poster in three languages

Proceedings of the Regional
workshop

For more information and
details please visit the PEG
website: http://www.sopac.org/
About+PEG

ENERGIA modules adapted to the Pacific Context

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PEG MEMBERS COLOUMN

PEG Strategic Action and Plan
(PEGSAP) 2005 — 2008

This column is dedicated to contributions from PEG members,
strategic partners and stakeholders.

The 2005 Strategic Planning and Awareness Raising
Workshop conducted in Fiji developed the PEG Strategic
Action Plan (PEGSAP) for 2005 — 2008. A brief look at the
strategies:

Participation in the “Strategic Planning Workshop:
Mainstreaming Gender in Water Management for Southeast
Asia, East Asia and the Pacific”
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand 18-21 July 2007

PEG’s strategies:
•
Incorporate gender concerns into energy policy and
plans, nationally and regionally.
•
Raise awareness on energy and gender linkages in
the Pacific Island region.
•
Conduct research and analysis on energy and
gender linkages in the Pacific Islands region.
•
Build the capacity of energy decision makers, project
officers, NSAs, village electrification councils and
local community in incorporating gender sensitive
participatory approach and gender mainstreaming
tools to energy project, planning, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation.
•
Increase the representation of women in energy
education and training programmes and decisionmaking committees.
•
Strengthen networking and co-operation with relevant
international, regional and national groups and
institutions.

A workshop covering the sub-regions of Southeast Asia, East Asia
and the Pacific was held at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
in Rangsit, Thailand. The workshop aimed to bring together key
individuals and organisations in the region who are willing to facilitate,
plan and lead gender mainstreaming in water policy, practice and
institutions through knowledge sharing, capacity building and
networking. The workshop included presentations from country
representatives from the focused regions as well as making countries
aware of the role and strategic plan of the Gender and Water Alliance
(GWA) for the coming years.
The core component of the
workshop was countries
rather
than
regions
planning actions that they
would like to initiate in the
area of capacity building,
knowledge development
and dissemination and Woman using water in her daily activities
policy advocacy.

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The key outcomes of the workshop included identification of
individuals as well as institutions who are willing to coordinate and
monitor regional activities to take gender initiatives forward. GWA
will also provide inputs based on this workshop to the 3rd South-East
Asia Water Forum to be held in Malaysia during 22-26 October 2007
and the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Forum in Japan in early December
2007.
The workshop was attended by Kamal Khatri, WASH Officer,
SOPAC. Currently the WASH programme and PEG are planning
to develop a booklet covering Energy, Gender and Water Issues.
The WASH programme’s goal is to improve the lives of Pacific
Island people by helping to increase access to water resources
and sanitation through improved management of water resources
and the development of adequate and sustainable water supply,
improved sanitation facilities and hygienic practices for all.

PEG 2005 Regional Strategic Planning & Awareness Raising Workshop
— Arasi from Samoa Mapping trends on Energy & Gender

Further information on the workshop is available from:
Kamal Khatri, WASH Officer, SOPAC Secretariat
Email: kamal@sopac.org
PEG membership is open to all Pacific Island
Countries, regional, national and community based
organisations, and other relevant stakeholders that
have energy and gender interests in the region. Note
membership is free.

PEG 2005 Regional Strategic Planning & Awareness Raising Workshop
— Pacific Think Tank!

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NETWORKING AND SHARING OF PACIFIC
CASE STUDIES

BULLETIN BOARD
PUBLICATIONS

This column is dedicated to networking and sharing Case Studies
from the Pacific Region. Readers are encouraged to contribute
to this column.

Monitoring and Evaluation in Energy for Development
(M&EED) International Working Group, December 2006
This Guide proposes a step by step approach to building
project-specific monitoring and evaluation procedures. The
guide is intended for projects for which the M&E method has
not already been determined by a project donor or stakeholder.
With ENERGIA’s support, Dr Wendy Annecke of the Gender and
Energy Research and Training has provided gender and energy
inputs into the Group’s work and into the guide. More details at
the following link: http://www.gvepinternational.org/?id=1628

Solar Refrigeration Project at Driti Village, Bua, Fiji Islands
This project provides solar refrigeration for a women’s small-scale
enterprise in Driti Village, Fiji. The project was initiated by the
Ministry of Women and Culture in 2003 with assistance provided
by the Fisheries Department, University of the South Pacific
(USP) and SPC. The enterprise is a fisheries aquaculture project
comprising 6 freshwater ponds. In mid 2004 after a visit to the
Driti Village and seeing the need for a refrigeration system, the
Department of Energy implemented a solar refrigeration project
for the village. The construction, installation and commissioning
of a Solar Refrigeration System cost around $22,000 for the
equipment, installation and transportation. The Refrigerator
house has 8 solar panels. The Solar System in Driti is a 24 Volt
DC to a 240 Volts AC system.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pacific Women’s Forum Announced for 2008
Planning has begun on the Pacific Women’s Forum (PWF), which
will bring together more than 150 women’s rights advocates,
feminists, women leaders, policy makers and civil society actors
from all 24 Pacific Island countries and territories. The forum will
provide a unique opportunity for women working in community
development, gender equality and social justice to come together
to share resources and experiences, learn new skills, develop
action plans and consolidate networks. It aims to affirm and
celebrate the critical role that women’s NGOs play in the Pacific
region as well as provide a space for reflective and collective
dialogue on the best way to advance the women’s movement in
the Pacific. Nadi, Fiji is the venue for the 4-day forum, scheduled
for 21-25th April 2008. The forum will be managed by a planning
committee, comprised of 13 representatives from women’s
organisations throughout the Pacific region and facilitated by
International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA). More
information about the Pacific Women’s Forum is available by
contacting a member of the planning committee or online at
http://www.iwda.org.au

In the initial stages of the project the solar refrigerator was looked
after by a village headman and after few years the operation of
the system was totally given to women. It was ensured that the
village headman provided sufficient lessons to the village women
regarding the handling of the system. At this moment the head of
the Seatura Women’s Club is responsible for the proper operation
of the solar refrigerator.
It is seen that every Wednesday women get together to work on
the pond, which include cleaning of the pond and feeding of the
fish. Benefits from this project were well expressed by women
who commented that it has reduced their workload such as
before they had to travel at such a distance to get fish for special
occasions and transportation is a major problem as well and is
very expensive. Further to this the solar refrigerator has really
helped since before they could not harvest more fish because
there was nothing to store them in and were just wasted but now
they can harvest more and store them. This is later sold to other
neighboring villages and this has generated more income for
them. Also in the case of hot and dry weather conditions, the
pond gets really hot and dries up so the fish are harvested earlier
and stored in the fridge

Eighth Annual Global Development Awards and Medals
Competition 2007
The Global Development Network (GDN) is now accepting
submissions for research on development and innovative
development projects. Deadline for submission: 20 August
and 17 September 2007, respectively. Five themes have been
selected for this year, including ‘Women’s Rights, Security and
Development: Challenges and Opportunities’. More details at the
following link: http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=1217

Now with the implementation of this project, village women
know that they also play a major role in the development of their
communities whereas before it was always the men that were
involved. They have learnt to be bold to voice their opinions
and also that working together will help in the success of this
project.

ENERGIANet
ENERGIANet is ENERGIA’s electronic bulletin service issued
four times in a year. It contains information on the network’s
activities, publications, events, donors, Internet resources etc. To
subscribe, simply send an email to: k.kauw@etcnl.nl
The recent issue is online:http://www.energia.org/resources/
enews/issue_21.html

Source: http://www.fdoe.gov.fj/2nd_solar_refrigeration_project_
at_d.htm

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ONLINE RESOURCES

EVENTS

Gender & Climate Change
The Women’s Environment and Development Organisation’s
work on gender and climate change has developed an online
resource guide for those interested in learning more about the
issue. The Gender & Climate Change Resource Guide features
background information, links to publications and websites, news
and more. It also highlights U.S. policy on climate change and
points to resources that make the linkages between gender and
climate change. To view the guide visit: http://www.wedo.org/
campaigns.aspx?mode=plantendorsements

ARECOP — Asia Regional Kitchen Improvement Training
12 – 15 August 2007, Hanoi, Vietnam
This training by the Asia Regional Cookstove Program addresses
the lack of attention paid to the kitchen environment and
prevailing kitchen conditions throughout Asia, which gives rise
to concerns from the point of view of health. The training aims
to teach participants a holistic kitchen assessment methodology.
Deadline for application: 22 July 2007. More details on the
following link: http://www.arecop.org/
JOB OPENINGS

Gender Mapping for Selected ENERGIA National Focal Point
Countries
This Gender Map was developed by Indira Shakya from CRT, the
National Focal Point for ENERGIA in Nepal, as an advocacy tool
that was used at CSD 15. You can download this new resource
from the following link: http://www.energia.org/resources/
gendermapping_nfp.pdf

SEI: Senior Energy Policy Researcher — Energy Access
The Stockholm Environment Institute is currently looking for a
Senior Energy Policy Researcher to strengthen the Climate and
Energy Programme at the Stockholm centre. The main focus of
the position will be to develop the group and programme in the
area of energy, environment and development with a special focus
on improving access to modern energy services in developing
countries. Deadline for application: 24 August 2007. More details
on the following link: http://www.sei.se

CALLS FOR PAPERS
Oxfam Great Britain Calls For Papers in Gender and
Development, 2008-09
A Journal jointly published by Oxfam and Routledge is calling
for papers for the 2008 and 2009 volumes of Gender &
Development. The themes of the publication are: March 2008
– Agriculture; July 2008 – Reproductive Rights; November 2008
– Leadership; March 2009 – Climate Change; July 2009 – Work;
and November 2009 – Age/Generations. If you are interested in
submitting a paper on one of the themes above or would like
further information about the Journal’s forthcoming publishing
programme, please contact the Editor at: gadeditor@oxfam.org.
uk. or visit: http://www.genderandtrade.org/gtinformation/164143
/165228/oxfam_call_for_papers

NEXT ISSUE
The next issue of PEG Newsletter is expected to be out by
October/November 2007. Readers are welcome to share their
experiences, stories, articles and any feedback to the PEG
Newsletter. Contact details are below.

WEBSITES
Gender Responsive Budgeting Website
This website is a collaborative effort between the United Nations
Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Commonwealth
Secretariat and Canada’s International Development Research
Centre (IDRC). The website supports the efforts of governments,
women’s organisations, members of parliaments and academics
to ensure that planning and budgeting effectively respond to
gender equality goals and also provides practitioners with
resources, assessments and training materials on gender
responsive budgeting, promotes cross-regional information
sharing on country experiences and facilitates networking and
collaboration amongst countries, civil society and international
organisations. For more information, please visit: http://www.
gender-budgets/org or email: gender.budgets@unifem.org

In the next issue, details on Solar Cookers will be shared by one of the PEG
members

Contact Information:
PEG Secretariat
Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)
Private Mail Bag
GPO,Suva
Fiji Islands
Phone: +679 3381377
Fax: +679 3370040
Email: yogita@sopac.org or yogita.bhikabhai@gmail.com
Website: www.sopac.org

This document has been produced with CTA support.
The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to
reflect the official opinion of CTA.

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