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Pacific Energy and Gender Network’s Accomplishments and On-Going Initiatives
PEG’s ongoing activities include incorporating energy / gender articles into the quarterly Pacific Energy Newsletter (PEN), other regional / international newsletters, mainstreaming gender into regional / national energy policies and building awareness on energy / gender linkages.
Through funding support from partners and donors (
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation(CTA)
and
ENERGIA), a key project on building awareness on gender and energy issues in the Pacific region was initiated in 2004. The following were the outputs of the project and distributed in the region:
Posters and Flyers
Radio Programme
- Radio programme 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 focuses on 3 themes – one spot on energy efficient appliances and bulbs, another on solar energy and the third on gender angle. All three spots underline importance of energy and how it improves livelihoods of the community. Copies available from the SOPAC Secretariat.
PEG Video Linkages Between Energy and Gender In the Pacific
- Video programme (20 mins) Linkages Between Energy and Gender In the Pacific in English. It presents successful rural sustainable energy projects such as Driti Community Solar Refrigeration project (Fiji Islands), Lakhan Family Biogas project (Fiji Islands), Atata Community Solar project (Kingdom of Tonga) and Palau Entrepreneur Laundromat experience. The video has already been launched on national television – Fiji TV on The Pacific Way programme. It is expected that more opportunities will be sought for this video to be played over other national television channels in the region. Copies available from the SOPAC Secretariat.
PEG website and Online Contact Database
Pacific Energy and Gender Annotated Bibliography
- Pacific Energy and Gender Annotated Bibliography has been developed and published. This document summarises the most important materials on gender/ or energy, which refers to the Pacific region, whether written from within or outside the region. Harcopies available from the SOPAC Secretariat.
PEG Dgroup
- A mailing list for PEG network has been created: http://www.dgroups.org/groups/cta/PEG. The PEG Dgroups provides online tools and services needed to support the activities of the network. It is expected that the PEG Dgroup will further develop once all on the contacts on the online contact database is incorporated into the Dgroup.
The Regional Strategic Planning and Awareness Raising Workshop – Pacific Energy and Gender Network (PEG), 5-9 December, 2005, Nadi, Fiji Islands, delivered the following outputs:
Media Based Advocacy Initiative to Mainstream Gender Issues in Regional and National Energy Policies for Poverty/Hardship Reduction is funded through the REP-PoR/UNDP is delivering the following output:
- Output 1: Video programme developed, with case studies from two PICs
- Output 2: Information materials translated into local languages
- http://www.sopac.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=PEG+Awareness+Raising+Materials
- Output 3: Radio programme aired on local radios on PICs
- Output 4: Online resources materials through PIEPSAP and PEG website
- Output 5: Policy interventions at national and regional levels in particular facilitated through the PIEPSAP project
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For more information please contact:
Koin Etuati
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