A SURVEY has revealed that the gender gap in employment and women’s political representation in the Pacific Islands is the lowest of any global region.

This is according to a Secretariat of the Pacific Community press statement released last week.

This was among key findings that were announced at a workshop on gender equality held at the SPC headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia.

The statement said more than 35 part­i­cipants from 14 Pacific Is­land countries and terri­t­ories listened to the key findings of the survey at the workshop.

The workshop was organised by SPC in collaboration with FemLINKpacific and the Government of Australia.

In the statement, SPC Deputy Director-General, Cameron Diver, reiterated the gender gap in employment rates as well as the fact that women’s political representation in the Pacific Islands region was the lowest of any global region, were important concerns for gender equality.