Fiji: United Nations information market day on the theme 'Reducing the risk of disaster and poverty and recognising women and food production'

Organizer(s) United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Fiji - government United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific Ba Town Council

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Format

In person

Venue

Ba Multipurpose Bure, Ba Town Market

Date

15 October 2012

An information market will be organized at the Ba Town Market, Fiji, to celebrate the International Day for Disaster Reduction, International Day for Rural Women, International World Food Day and International Day for Poverty Eradication. The event will include testimonies from local government, women market vendors and students on their experience with and recovery from the March floods as well as a a film on ‘Women producing, distributing and trading food in markets in Fiji’. Members of the public are invited to visit a photo exhibition at the venue on Pacific market and women market vendors.

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