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Contents

Acknowledgements

Executive Summary

Chapter 1 Overview

1. Key Developments
2. Demographic and Political Aspects
3. Gender and Culture

Chapter 2 Policy Environment of the Government of the Fiji Islands

1. The Strategic Development Plan 2003–2005 and Mid-Term Review
2. The Women’s Plan of Action 1999–2008
3. The Government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy
4. Government Policy on Equal Employment Opportunity
5. International Commitments on Women and Gender
6. Report on the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Chapter 3 Gender Dimensions of Economic Development and Growth

1. Gender and Labor Force Participation
2. The Formal Sector
3. The Informal Sector
4. Credit and Enterprise Development

Chapter 4 Gender and Poverty Reduction

1. Poverty Indicators
2. Unemployment and Gender
3. Rural Poverty
4. Income Support
5. Poverty and Informal Settlements

Chapter 5 Gender Dimensions of Human Development and the Millennium Development Goals

1. Gender and Education
2. Gender and Public Health
3. Gender and HIV/AIDS
4. Gender and Decision Making
5. Gender and Violence

Chapter 6 Government, Donor, and Nongovernment Organization Support for Gender and Development and the Women’s Plan of Action

1. The Ministry of Women
2. Institutional Strengthening Assistance for the Ministry of Women
3. Asian Development Bank Technical Assistance to Implement the Women’s Plan of Action
4. Other Donor and Civil Society Assistance

Chapter 7 Recommendations for the Asian Development Bank’s Gender Strategy

1. Introduction
2. Recommendations for the Asian Development Bank’s Gender Strategy in the Fiji Islands

Sources and References

Appendixes

1. The Asian Development Bank’s Country Program in the Fiji Islands
2. List of Persons Consulted
3. Report of the Consultation Workshop with Stakeholders