World Bank Income Classification:Low Income
The World Bank classifies economies for analytical purposes into four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high income. For this purpose it uses gross national income (GNI) per capita data in U.S. dollars, converted from local currency using the World Bank Atlas method, which is applied to smooth exchange rate fluctuations.
Least Developed Country:Yes
Since 1971, the United Nations has recognized LDCs as a category of States that are deemed highly disadvantaged in their development process, for structural, historical and also geographical reasons. Three criteria are used: per capita income, human assets, and economic vulnerability.
Gender Inequality Index:0.575
GII is a composite metric of gender inequality using three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market. A low GII value indicates low inequality between women and men, and vice-versa.
Gender Development Index:0.723
GDI measures gender inequalities in achievement in three basic dimensions of human development: health, education, and command over economic resources.
Population:209,497,025
Source of population data: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision
Male:19,976,265 (9.5%)
Female:189,520,760 (90.5%)
Humanitarian planning, response frameworks and programming are gender and protection inclusive and responsive (modified FPI LEAP Outcome 1)
The Fiji MCO will leverage its role as chair of the Pacific Humanitarian Protection Cluster and bring together UN agencies and regional and international humanitarian organisations to identify and fulfil the needs of affected communities. The Cluster aims to integrate gender and protection concerns into humanitarian response. Through this outcome work will continue to build capacity and work with regional and national humanitarian actors in five priority countries (Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu) to develop tailored gender and protection-sensitive tools and processes, including those for the collection and use of data that is disaggregated by sex, age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identification. The Fiji MCO will further work with the UNCT to leverage the Women, Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) allocation to the Pacific to support local stakeholders’ capacity.
Humanitarian planning, response frameworks and programming are gender and protection inclusive and responsive (modified FPI LEAP Outcome 1)
Data reported for 2022 results against this indicator was obtained as part of a learning process on social norms and therefore may not accurately reflect the results obtained. Internal reviews of data collected on social norms across relevant indicators, coupled with external reviews, are informing the design of UN Women’s principled approach to social & gender norms change. This will be reflected in changes to the indicators to be introduced in the Mid-Term Review of the Strategic Plan.
Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.
Complementary
Regional, national and UN humanitarian actors strengthened capacity to incorporate gender and protection into humanitarian action (modified FPI LEAP Output 1.3)
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
Humanitarian planning, response frameworks and programming are gender and protection inclusive and responsive (modified FPI LEAP Outcome 1)
The Fiji MCO has made a significant contribution to this outcome both at the regional level through leading the Pacific Humanitarian Protection Cluster (PHPC), and at the national level by supporting a range of protection structures in Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga, and Palau. With the continuous engagement, support, and collaboration with key stakeholders including women's ministries, CSOs/NGOs in the cluster, and other cluster lead agencies, the integration of gender and protection has gained more attention and focus on the overall humanitarian response systems in the region. This was evident during multiple emergencies, including Tropical Cyclone Yasa (Dec 2020), Tropical Cyclone Ana (early Jan 2021), and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As a chair of the PHPC, UN Women played an important role in coordinating protection in humanitarian preparedness, response, and recovery across UN agencies where issues on gender-based violence in emergencies, psychosocial support, gender, and social inclusion were brought to the fore and/or mainstreamed. In 2021, through the UN Women Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) training support in Tonga, participants’ knowledge about the specific needs, capacities, and priorities of women, girls, men, and boys in emergencies has improved. MCO contributed to mainstreaming gender and protection in a range of regional guidance documents through the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Cell (MHPSS) of the Joint Incident Management Team (JIMT). UNICEF’s key messaging was supported by UN Women through their programming to ensure that women, adolescent girls, young people, and children are at the centre of humanitarian action. The messages and actions were to ensure the protection, safety, and dignity of women. Gender and protection in these guiding documents have been strengthened as a result of UN Women’s technical support. Furthermore, collaboration with UNICEF has resulted in messaging regarding child protection and Gender-based Violence in all WASH kits. UN Women has also supported UNFPA and UNICEF to develop a vulnerability mapping concept note aimed at supporting the incorporation of gender and protection into humanitarian response both in Fiji and the region. With the technical, coordination, and information management support provided to the Fiji Safety and Protection Cluster, the Inclusive Rapid Protection Form is now finalised in line with global best practices (GPC standards). The Rapid Protection Form ensured that the needs of all vulnerable groups are captured during an emergency period, ‘leaving no one behind’. The Ministry of Women was supported in their role as the head of the Fiji Safety and Protection Cluster (Fiji S&P Cluster) through the UN Women’s secretariat position while also enabling cluster members to be supported in their efforts to effectively respond to the current COVID-19 outbreak and cyclone emergency periods in Fiji. The Fiji S&P Cluster is the only disaster response cluster in Fiji t to be decentralised from the national level to the divisional level, enabling better community reach and dissemination.Disclaimer and notes
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