Akamatutu’anga To Tatou Ora’anga Meitaki Cook Islands

The Gender Action Plan (GAP) for the Cook Islands' health system aims to integrate gender-sensitive strategies into climate change and health (CC&H) operations. The plan focuses on strengthening the capacity of Te Marae Ora (TMO) and partners to address the unique needs of women, the Anuanua community, elderly, disabled, and children. Key activities include updating health policies to reflect CEDAW commitments, implementing gender-disaggregated data collection in health intelligence, and ensuring inclusive technical designs for health facilities in the Pa Enua. The plan also includes educational programs for students on mental health adaptive capacity and community outreach via vaka voyages to promote food security and healthy diets, with specific targets for female participation and the inclusion of vulnerable groups.

• The project aims to establish a health system that provides targeted care for women, the Anuanua community, children, the elderly, and disabled persons by addressing their specific needs regarding climate change health risks.
• The plan requires that health policies, plans, and programs be updated to include gender-sensitive goals and reflect the commitments of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
• The project will integrate gender-disaggregated data into the Te Marae Ora (TMO) health intelligence and Health Information System (HIS) to improve climate-sensitive health risk (CSHR) forecasting.
• Educational initiatives will be delivered to students in Years 8 to 12 to strengthen mental health adaptive capacity, with a target that 40% of trained Ministry of Education (MOE) staff are women.
• Infrastructure improvements for health facilities and emergency centres in the 13 Pa Enua sites must be designed to be fit for purpose for disabled, elderly, and infirm individuals, in compliance with the Disabilities Act 2008.
• The plan targets a 50% increase in the number of women on each island participating in needs assessments for mobile laboratory testing equipment and aims for at least 8 of these kits to have women as regular users.
• Community outreach will be conducted via at least four vaka voyages, targeting a final reach of 3,059 female and 2,957 male participants in food security and health activities.
• The project will implement food security training for mothers and children, targeting at least 125 recipients, representing approximately half of one year's births.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2024). Akamatutu’anga To Tatou Ora’anga Meitaki Cook Islands. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap034-gap.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Akamatutu’anga To Tatou Ora’anga Meitaki Cook Islands. 2024. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap034-gap.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2024akamatutuanga, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Akamatutu’anga To Tatou Ora’anga Meitaki Cook Islands}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2024}, month = mar, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap034-gap.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }