This information is based on Fiji's submission to the 5th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, April 1997. The Department of Women is also involved in completing a National Implementation Plan for Women which will address the commitments made by the Government at the UN Conference on Women. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was acceded 28 August 1995. It has facilitated workshops and environment education programmes for women in the rural and urban communities. It has also provided support for funding applications and other NGO programmes on the environment.
Future plans are to mainstream gender balance into all environmental policies and programmes.
Major Group Involvement NGOs are very active in this area of concern. No action has been taken yet in order to integrate gender-relevant knowledge in curricula and educational material. This information is based on Fiji's submission to the 5th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, April 1997. Strategies, policies and plans Young people between the ages of 15 and 24 are the concern of youth programmes in Fiji. In 1996, these constituted about 20 percent of the total population.