As a follow up to the CDI Women in Politics (WIP) course in November 2008 in Canberra, Special Adviser on Gender Issues, Sun-Hee Lee, visited Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu on 21 January – 3 February. The main purpose of the visit was to take stock of relevant activities which will help to form a position on ways of assisting national efforts to get more women elected in the next cycle of elections.
Sun-Hee met with government officials, Parliament staff, Electoral Commission, regional UN organisations, research organisations, National Councils of Women, various NGOs, and CDI WIP participants.
In addition to individual meetings with partners working in this area, Sun-Hee Lee held a workshop in Port Vila with key women's groups. The discussions of the workshop were reported in the Vanuatu Daily Post.
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