{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdevpolicytalks.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fpacific-update-5-pacific-gender-update-TvU_dL5r","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Pacific Update 5 - Pacific gender update","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/e28833/e28833a3-9f07-45b2-9c80-33ba95d7b772/d6900862-f6ff-428c-b881-927b7f71eac2/artworks-000118861474-a6t31o-original.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/d6900862-f6ff-428c-b881-927b7f71eac2\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Pacific Update 5 - Pacific gender update\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"The 2013 Pacific and PNG Update provides a forum for the discussion of the latest economic, social and political developments in the region. The Update was hosted by the Development Policy Centre, and supported by: the Asian Development Bank’s Pacific Economic Management Technical Assistance Project; and the Asia and Pacific Policy Studies, the flagship publication of the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU in partnership with Australian Aid, AusAID.\n\nThe 'Pacific gender update panel' consisted of:\n\n- Peter Forau, from the Melanesian Spearhead Group, presenting on 'Women's disempowerment in Melanesia' \n- Susan Ferguson, acting Principal Sector Specialist for Gender Equality at AusAID, presenting on 'Australia's Pacific gender initiative' \n- Andrea Iffland, Regional Director of the Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office of the ADB, presenting on 'Economic empowerment of woman - experiences of the Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI)' \n- Amanda Jupp, Project Manager at Coffey International Development, 'Women’s economic empowerment: Pacific lessons from the Enterprise Challenge Fund'\n\nPresentation slides are available from the Devpolicy events page: https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/event-extra/past"}