Antigua to Host South-South Cooperation Meeting

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Tuesday, 04 September 2012 02:30

By press release

Antigua St. John’s – The Government of Antigua & Barbuda and the Caribbean sub-regional Office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will consult with high-level regional government officials, civil-society organisations and regional partners to explore the most appropriate format for engaging in South-South cooperation in the region in the area of sexual violence prevention.

Addressing and preventing sexual violence has been identified as a critical step towards achieving gender equality in the region. By promoting South-South cooperation as an effective strategy for delivering technical assistance to address and prevent sexual violence and HIV, UNFPA projects that the capacities of governments and civil society organisations will be strengthened for more effective interventions.
 
The Directorate of Gender Affairs will serve as the coordinating and host agency to  participants from Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, with regional partners from UN Women and CARICOM/PANCAP.
 
The workshop aims to:

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*  Support strengthening of national institutions and civil society organisations to address and prevent gender based violence including sexual violence and HIV transmission by strengthening legal and service delivery frameworks regionally and nationally;
 
*  Explore means and mechanisms  of coordination between all the key players in this areas e.g., UN Women, CARICOM, ECLAC; and
 
*  Support the development of a South-South and Technical Assistance platform for the Caribbean Region in the area of gender in collaboration with HQ and LACRO other partners as a follow up to last regional meeting request from heads of Bureaux

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