The Women Leaders’ Forum (WLF) met last June 27, 2019 in Dili Timor-Leste with NCC representatives and partners to discuss ways to synergize existing and future work in the region. The meeting also gathered inputs from the participants to be included into the draft gender policies/regulations matrix especially on the gaps and challenges, how women participation is included in planning and implementation process, gender equality integration. Further, the information will feed into the RPOA 2.0 process.
Resource persons during the meeting were Dr. Sharifah Nora Ibrahim of CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat; Dr. Arlene Satapornvanit of USAID Oceans; Ms. Jasmin Mohd Saad of USAID Oceabs representing Ms. Agnetha Karamui, WLF Chair from Solomon Islands; Ms. Agustinha Duarte of WorldFish Timor Leste; Ms. Lusitania Lopes of Women Maritime in Asia (WIMA); Ms. Kulthida Techasarin of US Department of Interior; Ms. Esmeralda Dos Santos of Timor Leste NCC; and Ms. Bernadete da Fonseca of FAO Timor Leste.
Malaysia and Papua New Guinea also shared their Gender/Women Initiatives.
The WLF meeting was supported by USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnership and the US Department of Interior hosted by the NCC Timor-Leste and co-organized by the CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat.
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