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PACIFIC WOMEN’S WEATHER WATCH
“It’s all about
e m p o w e r i n g
women, young
women and girls to
be effective citizens
and it’s not just
empowerment, but
also how do you
take that knowledge
and impact your
community. So it’s
a comprehensive
approach now, it’s
how you work with “Changes that are really needed are for young
your families, with women’s voices to be really heard. Get more young
your community to women involved in meetings, involved in trainings
raise the standard.” or workshops, getting to have more knowledge in
Vanessa Heleta, building their capacity in what issues that they are
Director, Talitha facing.” Sabrina Brown, CEO, Vanuatu Young
Project, Tonga. Women for Change, Vanuatu.
“ACTION at the start
of the chain is FAR
EASIER than relying on
interventions further down
the track. From a feminist
organisation that tries
as much as possible to
amplify the voices of rural
diverse women to enable
transformative change –
we seek interventions, and
ACTION happening at the
start. And let’s do this in
“Women - we are survivors of disaster. We live a consistent, systematic
with it, we live through it and when the real way, where we’re able to
thing happens, we are there and we’re the first amplify those voices and
respondents - so it’s very important that we are take our place at that
empowered and to have the relevant information table.” Susan Naisara-
to be knowledgeable so that it helps us in our roles Grey, Executive Director,
as the first respondents.” Josephine Teakeni, femLINKpacific, Fiji.
Director, Vois Blong Mere, Solomon Islands.
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