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🔴LIVE: Happy World Humanitarian Day and join femLINKpacific's team with a short update on humanitarian community work to rural women leaders in femlinkpacific's newly launched Sigatoka and Lami District. This… Mehr activity has been supported by the European Unioin through the Rotary Pacific Water For Life Foundation, Global Giving and the Australian Government through the We Rise Coalition.

Two of our women leaders from the 🇫🇯 Lami and Nadroga/Navosa Women's Weather Watch (WWW) networks, Sophie and Sereana, joined our young women broadcasters, Patrina and Bulou in having a dialogue on their… Mehr resilience in disasters in today's stakeholders workshop on Building Community Resilience to Climate Change - funded by the European Union in the Pacific .
Access to information and meaningfully including diverse young women in planning out disaster and risk reduction plans, are central to resilience and sustainable development.

femLINKpacific recently visited Kessy Tamani, a member of the Yadua Womens Club and now our newly launched Sigatoka network of Rural Women Leaders. Keresi shares how the active #WomensWeatherWatch keeps her… Mehr informed of national news relevant to her community work and people with disabilities.

♦️Community 🇫🇯 #WomensWeatherWatch media documentation and humanitarian support with our network of rural women leaders of #nadroga. We thank Keresi, Selita, Davina and Sereana for the mobilization. Transformation and building community resilience is the Local. 🙌🇫🇯

We Rise Coalition European Union in the Pacific Global Giving .

Food Security, EarWatch and planning out feminist media content through🇫🇯 #WomensWeatherWatch with our young women broadcaster @Patrina Tawake, who is at the Fiji Meteorological Service Early Action Rainfall☔ Stakeholder Meeting in #Suva.

As a feminist media organization, femLINKpacific works with diverse women in rural and remote communities, amplifying challenges and strategies from women with their unique perspective on leadership, climate… Mehr change and Violence against women and girls. Today femLINKpacific is in Nadroga / Navosa to meet with women doing work in their communities!

We joined the📍FIJI NATIONAL FLOOD EARLY WARNING STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP, with our Programmes Manager, Maria Nailevu and Feminist Broadcaster, Bulou Verebunuya.

We appreciate this engagement with the Fiji… Mehr Meteorological Service and the Pacific Community, in bringing together a diversity of stakeholders, and to.gather their valuable feedback to help the Fiji Meteorological Service improve flood early warning.

#FreeWestPapua #PapuaMerdeka

Kicking off our first season of femLINKpacific #Podcast🎙 Diverse Stories of the Pacific: Speaking Truth to Adversity, talking on Leadership, Data and Accessibility!

Join your hosts Maria Nailevu,… Mehr femLINKpacific Program Manager and Luisa Tuilau, femLINKpacific Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator. Click the link below

Happy International Youth Day to our Young Fiji!

#WomenSupportingWomen #InternationalYouthDay2022

Youth everywhere have potential and capacity to contribute across all sectors in our communities. Let’s continue to celebrate and nurture innovation in our young women and men!

Happy International Youth Day 🎉

“Working in partnership with people of all generations is very important when it comes to contributing to a better world, because when it comes to challenges, especially by Oceania like Climate Change, it is… Mehr faced by everyone I.e. young people, older people - people of all generations. So, it is important to work in partnership and solidarity in trying to challenge all these issues for a better and sustainable development. Not only for a country in a region, but also globally” - Sulueti Waqa, Programme Officer, Labasa femLINKpacific Office

📌 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY 12 August 2022

“We are the Leaders of tomorrow and we have the power to challenge issues in society. So never give up!” - Alex Davelevu, femTALK89fm Broadcaster, Labasa femLINKpacific… Mehr Office.

⚫️ THURSDAYS IN BLACK

Wear black because violence against women in the Pacific stats is higher than the global average!

Wear black because women and girls deserve to be AND feel safe in their own homes!

Wear… Mehr black because violence against women and girls increased during the multiple waves of the pandemic.

In-House Media Refresher Training with our Suva and Labasa Media Team! femLINKpacific amplifies voices of women in rural and remote communities through a number of platforms, highlighting challenges and… Mehr recommendations through our femtalk89fm radio station, our Community Radio Times, Youtube, Podcast and various social media platforms.

🌴 Tuesday 09 August, 2022

WORLD DAY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge

In commemorating World Day of Indigenous Peoples, our Rural… Mehr Women Leaders in Cakaudrove have used traditional knowledge in reading weather patterns especially when it comes to Fiji's Cyclone Season.

🐚 World Day of Indigenous Peoples: The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge

Mrs Lanieta Matavesi of our Nadroga/Navosa Rural Women Leaders Community Media… Mehr Network saying "Always Promote, Maintain and Share the advantages of the Traditional Knowledge to everyone under your leadership" emphasizing the need for women to pass on tradition and culture to the next generation

#PNGElection -Congratulations to Rufina Peter for being elected to the PNG National Parliament.

#womeninleadership

#NATIONALELECTION2022NBCNEWSPNG

RUFINA PETER VOWS TO MAKE CENTRAL A LEADER IN NATION BUILDING

Female Governor-elect for Central, Rufina Peter has vowed to make her province the leader in nation building.

Ms. Peter, an economist by… Mehr profession, said many educated elites from Central Province were instrumental in building the nation on the eve of independence, and she would like to make that happen again in the next five years while in office.

♦️We Rise Coalition - Urgent Statement
Violence Against Women in Papua New Guinea Must Stop!
04 August 2022

The We Rise Coalition stands in solidarity with our sisters and women’s rights defenders in Papua New… Mehr Guinea condemning the escalated violence across the Highlands and the utter disregard for human rights and the rule of law. Papua New Guinea has just undergone a national elections process but it has been marred by reports of death, physical violence, harassment and intimidation. We are shocked by this.

♦️Watch this space. The 3rd Pacific Feminist Forum (PFF) Working Group virtually met today with partners from across the Pacific Region. Today’s discussion was stimulating as we have some exciting news to share. The Working Group has finalised the 3rd PFF theme so keep watching this space as we release our new 3rd PFF logo together with the theme… Mehr soon

Join us at femLINKpacific, we are looking for a rapporteur to serve on a short term contract for upcoming key events. Interested candidates, please send your Expression of Interest, Curriculum Vitae with 2… Mehr professional referees and your proposed quote to geeta@femlinkpacific.com and maria@femlinkpacific.com

Cornerstone Niu Enterprise has fresh stock of dalo available for purchase from the 5th of August.

This dalo is sourced from Ra and a #PesticideFree freshly pulled out from the farm.

Be assured that there is a #… Mehrgender-balanced system established and 50% of the farmers are women 🙂

The #DoublePandemic brought unprecedented financial, psychological and health constraints on diverse women in rural and remote communities. Women are often the first respondents to these issues, as care-givers,… Mehr mothers and wives working to ensure there is food on the table for their families. femLINKpacific, with other CSO’s have been engaged in ongoing work through our various networks, offering relief to marginalized women and children most in need.

Congratulations to the amazing Fijiana Rugby 7s Team for their historic achievement at the Commonwealth Games!

First time participants and first time medalists on this global platform. We are proud of the… Mehr hardwork and determination you displayed as a team this morning in Birmingham. You continue to be an inspiration to diverse women and girls in Fiji and the Pacific!

📌30th July: World Day Against Trafficking of Persons

Human Trafficking has been defined as the unlawful act of transporting or coercing people in order to benefit from their work or service, typically in the… Mehr form of forced labour or sexual exploitation.

"Women deserve to feels safe in our communities. Stop the violence!" - Shafreena Nisha, femLINKpacific Finance and Administration Officer

📌DID YOU KNOW in June 2022 the Office of the Director of Public… Mehr Prosecutions - Fiji reported that there were 18 victims of whom 10 victims were under the age of 18 years, and there were 13 incidents where the victims and the accused were related to one another.

“A lot more than cash assistance. Long -term solutions to the food shortage . Do things that will last in the long run. More training. Equality and inclusion at all levels. Decision-making at levels.”
-… Mehr Hearing from Nicholas Baleikoro, Secretary at the Rainbow Pride Foundation, Savusauvu - A multiple crisis - the COVID19 Lockdowns and Tropical Cyclone Yasa.
Click onto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoj36qv87MU

Also watch and follow us on youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/femlinkpac

#FeministMedia #voiceofpacificwomen #VoiceofFijianWomen #femlinkpacific2022 #ruralwomenempowerment

We have the BA.5 strain of Omicron in the community.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says although BA.5 has the ability to evade immune protection against infection induced by prior infection… Mehr or vaccination, there remains significant protection against severe disease.

Congratulations Sista Vanuatu for the the short film on Sexual harassment and violence at the workplace.

According to the survey done by the organisation on the prevalence of sexual harassment at the workplace… Mehr some of the findings include:

“Don’t be silent, report it! You need to report the case. If you can’t report it to the police, there are other agencies around us that you can report it with. Fiji Womens Crisis Centre, and even femLINK… Mehr Fiji..” - Mate Moce, a Rural Woman Leader from Lautoka Teidamu Women’s Club encouraging women to report all cases of Gender based violence at femLINKpacific recent Regional Convening in Nadi

Hear Ralolokula Tima at our Regional Convening talking on Learnings and Policy Conversations around the recent Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, Womens representation in Parliament and women empowering… Mehr women. Tima urges Women leaders to advance strategies that assist women in grass-root communities.

We acknowledge all the diverse rural women participants and a special acknowledgement to our regional participants from BIMBA Families, Friends, Allies and Members from Kiribati, VPride from Vanuatu and Ender… Mehr Rence from the Solomons for the shared space at the Nationals Women In Leadership Learning Event.

Hadassah Bali representing the Rainbow Pride Foundation 4 LGBTQ Rights and Equality in Fiji at day 2 of femLINKpacific Regional Convening: Learnings and Policy Conversations.

Hadassah and the young women in… Mehr the room have been in discussion in the past two days and are recommending the removal of e-ticketing system, and that the process reverts to the cash system so that communities do not have to rely on cards and recharging.

Ender Rence, a Researcher from the Solomon Islands talking on systems and policies that have not been working for diverse women and girls at femLINKpacific's #UNSCR1325 Regional Convening.

#VoiceOfPacificWomen #femlinkpacific2022 #ChangeTheSystem

Rural Women Leaders in femLINKpacific's UNSCR1325 Regional Convening have been meeting for two days, talking on strategies for womens leadership at all levels. Mrs Walliamma Swamy, Advisory Councillors from… Mehr Nadi is also recommending that leadership spaces at community grass-root levels have a quota for women leaders.

Wrapping Day 01 of our Regional Convening: Learnings and Policy Conversations. Fijian rural women leaders from femLINKpacific's 11 districts representing District Council of Social Services, Advisory… Mehr Councillors, Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation, Mama Ashy Projects Market Vendors Associations, Religious groups, Young and Diverse women of the LGBTQ+ community, Soqosoqo Vakamarama ITaukei and Health Care Workers discussed the outcome of the recent Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting, as well as strategies and recommendations on leadership and violence against women and girls. femLINKpacific is happy to have regional participants from BIMBA Families, Friends, Allies and Members Vois Blong Mere Solomon and VPride in this convening.

Vani Catanasiga speaking to our regional participants, at the femLINKpacific Convening - Learning and Policy Conversations. She spoke her role engaging with PIFS Leaders at the recent regional meet hosted in Suva last week.

#VoiceOfPacificWomen #femLINKpacific2022 Fiji Council Of Social Services (FCOSS)

Ender Reece shared findings from the #NotTheCost Violence Against Women in Politics - a research conducted in Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Reece speaking at todays femLINKpacific Regional Convening - Learnings and Policy Conversations #EndingViolenceAgainstWomen #VAWP

Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand for your Government and people's support towards gender equality in Fiji.

The Women in Leadership workshop was convened by the femLINKpacific from 29 June to 1 July 2022. The Convening was a face-to-face event with over 60 participants, reflecting the various voices of the diverse… Mehr rural women and girls towards recognition and equality.

⚫️ Every Thursday we stand in solidarity with feminists around the globe, wearing the colour black as our form of activism towards a world that is safe for all women and children. Safe from violence in the streets and in our homes.

#ThursdaysInBlack #EndViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #VAWG

"Equality not just in policy and laws, but in it's OUTCOME. The #CEDAW Committee, we are targeted towards substantive equality" - Bandana Rana

A successful talanoa session with Natasha and Bandana from CEDAW… Mehr Grateful for the collaborative work with CSOs in the room Fwrm Suva DIVA for Equality FIJI Rainbow Pride Foundation 4 LGBTQ Rights and Equality in Fiji Shifting the Power CoalitionFiji Women's Crisis Centre Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation

🎥 Join us as we talanoa with Natasha and Bandana in a public Talanoa session from 3pm-6pm at the University of the South Pacific's (USP) Japan ICT Centre. This is a great opportunity to ask the Committee about… Mehr their work, learn about CEDAW and how we can use it for our work.

🎥 Join us as we talanoa with Natasha and Bandana in a public Talanoa session from 3pm-6pm at the University of the South Pacific's (USP) Japan ICT Centre. This is a great opportunity to ask the Committee about… Mehr their work, learn about CEDAW and how we can use it for our work.

🎥 Join us as we talanoa with Natasha and Bandana in a public Talanoa session from 3pm-6pm at the University of the South Pacific's (USP) Japan ICT Centre. This is a great opportunity to ask the Committee about… Mehr their work, learn about CEDAW and how we can use it for our work.

♦️THE LEADERS DIALOGUE with civil society.
'Our well-being, collaboration and inclusion. Civil society also calls for formal CSO engagement mechanism and with a focus on well-being."

The Samoan PM, the Hon… Mehr Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, in response outlined that being inclusive also means putting in all our resources for ourselves . Getting the human resources right, with an investment in gender," outlined the Samoan PM, Samoa's first female PM.
The Executive Director of the Fiji Council Of Social Services (FCOSS) , Vani Catanasiga and the General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches , Reverend James Bhagwan are CSO panelists on the NSA Dialogue.

"I'm Sorry." By Esther with heritage from Rabi and Rotuma.
We''re in the room now- part of thd civil society group in the Non-State Actor (NSA) dialogue with Pacific Island leaders. The 2050 Blue Pacific… Mehr Strategy - to be endorsed tomorrow. What does it have? What do the commitments mean for Pacific Women and girls?
Fiji Council Of Social Services (FCOSS) @Pacific Conference of Churches We Rise Coalition PIANGO Pacific 2030 Pacific Disability Forum Pacific Network on Globalisation

For the first time ever, members of the CEDAW Commitee are visiting the Pacific and this Wednesday, July 13th, 2022, we are hosting them here in Suva!

Come meet Natasha and Bandana at a public Talanoa session… Mehr from 3pm-6pm at the University of the South Pacific's (USP) Japan ICT Centre.

Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, and the immediate and long-term physical, sexual and mental consequences for diverse women and girls can be devastating, including death.

… Mehr femLINKpacific as a feminist media organization by and for diverse rural women. We commit ourselves and our work towards the elimination of violence against diverse women and girls.

♦️Also featuring our research assessment with NDI Pacific Islands on Violence Against Women in Politics, in three countries across the Pacific. In 2021, UN Women convened a Women's Political Participation and… Mehr Leadership Community of Practice learning series, which featured research from Papua New Guinea and across the Pacific.

Today, we connected with our divisional feminist media teams as we reflected, learned and moved forward after last week's expanded 🇫🇯 national convening of 60+ diverse rural and remote women. All part of… Mehr strengthening the pathway and women's representation through transformative media and feminist rural women networks. Policy inputs and influencing are integral to our work in movement building.

UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women Case Study:
Fiji: Preventing and ending violence against women and girls in climate-change affected areas
Date: Tuesday, 5 July 2022

View our Case Study recently… Mehr published by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women

National Women in Leadership Convening, 29 June-1 July, 2022, Nadi.

Ana Naivou from the Rakiraki Market Vendors Association and Nailuva Womens Club, sharing feedback at the femLINKpacific National Convening on how the services at the Rakiraki Hospital has improved since… Mehr speaking out on its services. She also encourages more women in rural and remote communities to speak out and lend a hand where it’s needed. Ana will be a first time candidate at the upcoming Fijian General Elections.

Julai (July) na Vulacukicuki.

🔴LIVE
Women from Fiji’s rural and remote communities discussing practical solutions to combating the price increase crisis, diversifying the economy and building climate resilience. With our recent submission… Mehr to the Budget Consultation, we have discussions in the room here at our UNSCR1325 National Convening.

🔴The Climate Conversation in Rural and Remote Communities.

🎥 Join our Live Podcast segment “Diverse Stories of the Pacific, Speaking Truth to Adversity” with your hosts Maria Nailevu and Luisa Tuilau, speaking… Mehr with Lanieta Burasia representing Nadroga/ Navsoa District Community Media Network and Kirisitiana Takayawa Toroki representing Savusavu District Community Media Network.

🔴Join us on our Live Panel with Women in rural and remote communities here at our UNSCR1325 National Convening in Nadi!

🎥 We'll be live this afternoon with two panel discussions on the concerns and strategies from our Women Weather Watchers!

#femlinkpacific2022 #VoiceOfFijianWomen #FBLive

femLINKpacific Executive Director Susan Naisara taking the voice of the 60 diverse rural women attending the National Women In Leadership Convening into the Constitutional Lecture Series in Lautoka.… Mehr
femLINKpacific recognizes our critical role to facilitate the space to allow the rural women to input through their budget submission within a constricted timeline today.

"I look forward to the narrowing of the gap between younger diverse women and rural women leaders.
As a young woman, I hope that our voice and contributions are appreciated and recognized by rural women leaders… Mehr as a way we can co-learn and co-lead within the movement building journey".

Accessible markets for Women with Disabilities.
#LeaveNoOneBehind #femlinkpacific2022

Diverse rural women from the Maritime and Market Vendors ensured that their issues were shared and amplified in the National Women in Leadership Convening.
Some of the key issues included;
-High cost of basic… Mehr food items, increased in transport which is felt heavily ($11.60 to $14.85-one way Nabouwalu to Labasa).
-Lack of market opportunities to sell their produce especially to Viti Levu.
-Non-inclusive infrastructures for women and children in the markets. Accommodation not including children and no proper facility for breast feeding mothers who are market vendors.
- Multiple Business license fee which created more financial challenge especially on small local businesses

Diverse rural young women raised many critical issues from their different locations which includes the huge burden the current scholarship structure places on students and parents on the repayment.
We are not… Mehr supporting our children to access education, we are raising our children to pay debts and that places huge financial burden on the society as whole. The call to abolish the TELS system rang loud and reinstate the normal scholarships used to be awarded and the bridging the disparity in accessing to technology for those in the remote areas.
They also called for the inclusion of young women's voices to be included in all different levels of decision-making.

The National Women in Leadership Convening is underway in Nadi. A first big Convening post Covid pandemic of 60+ rural and diverse women leaders Convening from the 3 Divisions in Fiji.
Agenda focus is on… Mehr transformative media, strengthening policy pathways and voice and visibility of fijian women.
femLINKpacific recognizes the critical role of diverse rural women in leadership at all levels and this Convening comes at an opportune time with our Fiji Budget submission next 2 weeks and the upcoming Fiji Election.
We are providing safe and enabling space for diverse rural women to convene, connect and contribute through our various feminist media platforms, budget submissions and the outcomes document we aim to achieve for more meaningful influencing.

♦️Preps for the "nationals." Commencing Today.
- 'Through Transformative Media, Strengthening Policy Pathways and Voice and Visibility of Fijian Women' 🙌.
#VoiceOfFijianWomen

#womeninleadership #femlinkpacific2022 #PacificFeminists

#MovementBuilding - Last week, we were in various spaces and also engaged with mainstream media as we took to amplifying and communicating our feminist media and movement building work with a dynamic and… Mehr diverse network of women across #fiji 🇫🇯. Our upcoming national convening to be held this week, brings together sixty women from over 13 locations in Vanua Levu and Viti Levu, in three days of feminist grassroots, and localised policy work and influencing.

📢 We're back with our 🗞 Community Radio Times (CRT) - in full color and a new design - bringing through the voices of diverse rural women from Fiji and the Pacific region.

Visit our website… Mehr www.femlinkpacific.org.fj- and download your copy.

Vinaka Vakalevu #Breakfast at Fiji One hosts - Taitusi John and Tevita for giving #femLIKpacific an opportunity to share about some of our moving work and the exciting and upcoming National Women in Leadership… Mehr Convening happening next week in Nadi.
We are looking forward to host 60 diverse rural women leaders from the 13 Districts, the first big convening after the pandemic.

This data was collected in a survey method by femLINKpacific from the Rural Women Leaders Community Media Network across the Western Division (Rakiraki, Tavua, Ba, Nadi, Lautoka), Northern Division (Bua,… Mehr Savusavu and Labasa) and the Central Division (Lami and Nausori). While 'Food Security' is a top concern from the Central Division, “Leadership and Equal Representation' is the top concern from both the Western and Northern Divisions.

☔️ #WomensWeatherWatch

Updates from our Rural Women Leaders Community Media Network in Nadi experiencing heavy rain in Nadi and moderate winds, and no power in some parts.

WWW also reports heavy rain in Lautoka, Tavua and Suva.

@FijiMetService #femlinkpacific2022

Women's Weather Watch (WWW) Update via Fiji Meteorological Service

https://fb.watch/dLsykA5_Ji/

The effects of violence against women is multi-fold in families, community, and across various sectors. In 2015, during the 16 Days of Activism, Fiji's Minister for Women highlighted how violence against women… Mehr also generates substantive economic costs, which includes reduced productivity and profits. We cannot stand aside while women are de-valued in our homes and communities, and as a form of advocacy, every Thursday we wear black to advocate against violence on women and children.

"This meeting was the result of a decade of endorsing the Gender Equality Declaration. The main conversation was around revitalizing the Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration"

#… MehrPacificWomenLeadersMeeting2022 #femLINKpacific2022 #BluePacific #Fiji

#Coastal Inundation and flooding https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=395451399290936&id=100064782363901&sfnsn=mo

femLINKpacific is currently accepting Expressions of Interest for a Rapporteur on a short term contract towards our National Convening.

For further details: https://www.femlinkpacific.org.fj/opportunities
#Fiji #ExpressionOfInterest #ApplyNow

📻 Tune into femTALK 89fm and listen to diverse women in rural and remote communities share their stories. femTALK 89fm is a community radio station in Suva and Labasa, amplifying the voices of all women.

#femtalk89fm #WomenSupportingWomen #RuralWomen #Fiji #femlinkpacific2022

#In Reflection - The Samoan PM In The Regional Women Leaders Media Masterclass.

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FWRM Press Release

Marriage: Not a License to Control Women's Bodies

10/06/2022

The Fiji Women’s Rights Movement is concerned with recent media coverage questioning women's access to reproductive healthcare services in Fiji. Notably the discussions were engaged by concerned men during a… Mehr consultation with the Minister for Health and Medical Services (MHMS). The men were concerned that women were using contraceptives without the consent of their husbands/partners, and stressed that any family planning initiated by women must have the consent of their husbands/partners as well.

We're proud to be part of this regional Women Leaders Media Masterclass- 'Reporting the Story of Us' - that also had Fiji's Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Honourable Rosy Akbar this… Mehr week, adressing regional journalists and taking questions.

Violence against women and children affects not only the victim, but it’s rippling effect is to the community and generations to come. Every Thursday, we wear black as a form of advocacy against violence; and women and children deserve to feel safe in their homes and communities.

#ThursdaysInBlack #EndViolenceNow #VAWG

The President of Fiji-and Tui Macuata, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere is visiting the North and had a meeting with diverse civil society organisations (CSOs).

In the room were 15 CSO partners that work in the… Mehr Northern Division, including #femLINKpacific Northern feminist media team, Sulu and Cleo, who gave an overview of key work including amplification and movement building that the Northern Community Media Centre conducts with diverse rural communities.

At femLINKpacific's recent regional convening, we gathered responses from diverse rural women leaders in Fiji and Vanuatu - women stated where Pacific Island governments can better assess with the lens of… Mehr National Gender Machineries. Considering the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, our Rural Women Leaders Community Media Network (RWLCMN) urges national leaders to look into its Health Sector, Communities and settlements, and its Economic Sector - these were the top 3 sectors that RWLCMN need governments to look into.

RESOURCES NEEDED FOR YOUNG WOMEN CAMPAIGNS - AKBAR.
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"The challenge depends on their parties. I believe women need more resources in their campaigns, and the onus lies on the parties to provide the… Mehr support for young women to participate," - Rosie Akbar, Fiji's Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation - during this afternoon's press conference with regional media during the "Women Leaders Media Masterclass," - a lead-up to this week's inaugural Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. Fiji is to host and chair the meeting.