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… 40 Box 2-2 – Impact of gender discrimination on poverty … facilitation, disaggregating statistics and implementing gender strategies. One option for improving the delivery of … complete a full course of pri- mary schooling 3. Promote gender equality and empower women • Eliminate gender …

… to their adaptation priorities Target groups (with gender context)  Vulnerable population in the Pacific  … in an integrated cross-sectoral manner, addressing gender and conservation concerns.  Experiences from … capacity building within communities, especially targeting gender issues and disadvantaged groups (those most …

… and economic & social development PEOPLE Effective, just, gender-responsive and equitable conservation yields tangible … community-based governance of natural resources Promote gender equity to guarantee that women and men have access to, …

… 3 3.1.2 Fishing activity and gender balance … income from this activity. 3.1.2 Fishing activity and gender balance The average household spent 14 person hours …

… of people in each household) and the number of people by gender and age category for all households combined. Page 2 … 2 also provides a summary of marriage and migration by gender by tallying the number of people who are married, …

… how active women are in economic and political life. The gender empowerment measure or GEM reflects gender inequality in economic and political participation and … wealth, land and benefit distribution with regard to age, gender, ethnicity, geography, economic class, and social …

… large part in many people’s well-being. Fishing is usually gender specifi c and each gender has different roles which vary from area to area, … with PNG and Timor-Leste lagging. The promotion of gender equality in schools and the literacy of 15-24 year …

… Museum of Eth- nology. Tarisesei J. and Novaczek I. 2005. Gender, genera- tional perceptions and community fisheries …

UNESCO's ethical and intellectual mandate and its role in standard setting and policy advocacy - combined with on-the- ground action projects and capacity-building initiatives of various kinds - provide it with special responsibilities as well as opportunities in respect to the alleviation of poverty. And more particularly in contributing to the first of the UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), that of eradicating poverty, especially the halving of extreme poverty by 2015.

The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) share some common characteristics with other Small Island Developing States (SIDS), including small physical size and geographical remoteness, fragile biodiversity, exposure to natural hazards, high population growth, a limited natural resource base, remoteness from world markets, and small economies of scale. However, some of these features are even more pronounced in PICTs, making them unique among SIDS. For example, PICTs are more geographically remote and have higher population densities than other SIDS. These characteristics make the environment and economies of SIDS particularly vulnerable to external pressures, as recognized in the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS (BPOA)and other international frameworks such as Agenda 21and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI).