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22/03/2025

𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒

SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN NUMBER FIVE ON HEAVY RAIN ISSUED FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER FORECASTING CENTRE, NADI AT 10:30AM ON SATURDAY 22ND OF MARCH, 2025.

HEAVY RAIN ALERT

A HEAVY RAIN ALERT REMAINS IN FORCE FOR EASTERN HALF OF VITI LEVU [FROM SERUA/NAMOSI THROUGH NAVUA TO NAUSORI, TAILEVU, NAITASIRI AND RA], CAKAUDROVE AND SOUTHERN BUA, LAU AND LOMAIVITI GROUP, KADAVU AND NEARBY SMALLER ISLANDS.

𝗦𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
A trough of low pressure lies slow moving over the eastern parts of Fiji. Associated cloud, showers and rain are expected to affect parts of the group for the next few days.

𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 for eastern half of Viti Levu [from Serua/Namosi through Navua to Nausori, Tailevu, Naitasiri and Ra], Lau and Lomaiviti groups, Kadavu and nearby smaller islands, , Cakaudrove and southern Bua.
Occasional rain heavy at times and few thunderstorms with isolated heavy falls.
Rain expected to gradually ease from later Sunday.

Localised heavy falls may lead to flash flooding of low lying and flood prone areas.

Confidence: Moderate

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀:
- Wet roads and reduce visibility
- Flash flooding of some low-lying informal settlements/communities, businesses and irish crossing leading to disruption to traffic flow.
- Surface flooding expected on streets particularly in urban areas with poor drainage system

THE NEXT SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED AT AROUND 10.30PM TONIGHT OR EARLIER IF SITUATION CHANGES.

REF:
https://www.met.gov.fj/index.php?page=warn1 #20014.txt

21/03/2025

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Confronting one of humanity's most enduring challenges - racial discrimination, today we celebrate the strength found in diversity and strive to build a world where differences are not just tolerated but embraced in today's society.

This day serves as a reminder of our responsibility as individuals and as a community to oppose prejudice in all of its manifestations and to promote justice, equality, and dignity for all people, regardless of their background, color, religion, or ethnicity.

Acknowledging our network of Diverse Rural Women Leaders from all walks of life whose strength has continued to be a beacon of hope for their communities and whose work in the grassroot level has contributed immensely to the moving work of femlinkpacific.

We say NO to Racial Discrimination!

20/03/2025

Black Thursday at CSW! ✊🏽🖤

Last Thursday, the We Rise Coalition representatives at the CSW proudly wore our latest black t-shirt in solidarity with Black Thursday, a day that stands to highlight the ongoing struggles and injustices faced by women and marginalized communities. As a feminist coalition committed to uplifting the voices of women across the Pacific, WRC stands united in addressing issues of gender inequality and advocating for justice. ✨

Black Thursday is a powerful reminder of the need for continued action and resistance in the fight for women's rights and empowerment. 🌍✊

Pictured below is the WRC team after the WRC Parallel session:

(Front, left to right):
Laisa Bulatale from Fiji Women's Rights Movement
Filiga Taukiei (Special Guest) from Tuvalu Women for Change Association

(Back, left to right):
Nalini Singh from Fiji Women’s Rights Movement
Fay Volatabu from femLINKpacific
Sara Sandvall from International Women’s Development Agency
Yasmine Bjornum from Sista

20/03/2025

⚫️𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸.

"Thursdays in Black" aligns deeply with the spirit of International Women's Month. It amplifies the global call to end gender-based violence by encouraging people to wear black on Thursdays as a statement of solidarity and resistance. Together, we create a powerful message of awareness, equality, and empowerment for women everywhere.

Say 𝗡𝗢 to sexual harassment,
Say 𝗡𝗢 to r**e,
Say 𝗡𝗢 to hate crimes fueled by prejudice and hate for LGBTIQ+ members of our society.
Say 𝗡𝗢 more feminicide
Say 𝗡𝗢 to discrimination

If you know anyone in your community going through any form of abuse, please contact the National Domestic Violence Helpline on 1560 or you can contact Lifeline Fiji for counselling on 1543.

Break the Silence and Report!

20/03/2025

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🌊Fiji Ocean Outlook for April to June 2025 is now available!!!

🔗Click on the link to access more information: https://www.met.gov.fj/index.php?page=FijiOceanOutlook

20/03/2025

19/03/2025

𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 (𝐖𝐑𝐃) 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐

𝟭𝟰/𝟬𝟯/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

Concluding the 2-day WRD Round Table Discussion and as FemLINK’s core role is to amplify women’s voices, plights and issues; being in partnership with UN Women under the WRD initiative is an avenue to elevate women’s voices in disaster and climate risk reduction and resilience building. Women’s narratives and experiences are critical in building a gender responsive Fiji because it provides a platform for women and women organisations to share messages and demands around gender responsive resilience and for experts to share their insights.

Whilst everyone’s desire is to inculcate the ability to prevent, withstand and recover from the harmful impacts of natural hazards on people, places and the natural environment; the desire seems naturally overpowering in women. The constant and continuous changing weather patterns have consequently exerted influence on women and girls living in Fiji and are often disproportionately affected by the socio-economic impacts of the disasters.

For this reason, FemLINK is setting up this convening to discuss how best, stakeholders can work together to reduce the impacts of disasters on human life, property and the environment, especially when the ultimate objective is to save lives, ensure health and safety, and to meet the subsistence needs of the people affected. Regardless of whether one is in the government ministry, civil society, private sector or other agencies, it is imperative that a positive mindset is maintained, there is willingness to learn and grow, and there is the ability to learn from setbacks.

Stakeholder representatives present on the first day of the WRD Round Table Discussion:
UN Women Pacific
Fiji Council Of Social Services (FCOSS)
Balance of Power
Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation
Strumphet Alliance Network,Fiji
Ministry of Health & Medical Services - Fiji
Fiji Roads Authority

19/03/2025

𝐖𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟏

𝟭𝟯/𝟬𝟯/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

Stakeholders and Representatives from our network of Diverse Rural Women convened at the DRR Round Table Discussion facilitated by femLINKpacific at the Novotel Hotel in Lami.

The Women's Resilience to Disasters Round table discussion aims to bring together a community of practitioners who support, women and girls in all diversity; persons living with disability, and the LGBTQI+ community who are affected by disasters, climate change and other threats. This includes exploring women’s perspectives, insights and the hazards that threaten them in their different locations, with the goal of practicing Gender Responsive Disaster and Climate Risk Reduction and Resilience.

Stakeholder representatives present on the first day of the WRD Round Table Discussion:
Strumphet Alliance Network,Fiji
Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Fiji Meteorological Service
iTaukei Affairs Board
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Protection - Fiji
UN Women Pacific
Ministry of Education FIJI

19/03/2025

Day 10- Diary of a CSW Traveller

Today is the second day of the second week and it was a whole day spent at the UN headquarters. Some days we have sessions outside the UN building but today it was a different day.
The day started with a session within Conference Room 4 where our very own Laisa Bulatale, FWRM’s Program Manager was a panelist at an interactive dialogue titled ‘Freedom from Violence, Stigma and Stereotypes’. Laisa who also spoke on behalf of the WE RISE COALITION spoke about addressing the root cause of violence and the negative patriarchal norms that perpetuated violence. She also highlighted the need to have education, training and awareness programs to engage men and boys(who were often the perpetrators of violence )and that working with men and boys would help eradicate violence. Incidently Fiji was highlighted by the panel moderator, for having developed a National Action Plan on Eliminating Violence Against Women.
The second event for the day was another dialogue in which Executive Director of FWRM made interventions from the floor about ‘Participation, Accountability and Gender Responsive Institutions’.
The third session attended was the Women Rise Event-Turning Hope in to Action at the ECOSOC Chamber which was opened with a High level Dialogue by the President of Iceland, HE E.Halla Tomasdottir and Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina, J.Mohammed. There were two other panels on ‘Women leaders driving systemic change globally’ and ‘Exploring Transformative leadership of women in tackling the climate crisis’.
The last event attended by the WE RISE COALITION team was a session on ‘Tacking Toxics’ and femLINK Executive Director posed a question to the Specia Rapporteur about issues affecting the Blue Continent. Though questions were not fully responded to, it was good to get the time to sit with the Rapporteur and discuss issues important to us.
It was a full day for members of the WE RISE COALITION in the various panels, interventions and sessions and was a day of exploring different areas of the UN and various levels of the UN headquarters depending on the different rooms that events were held in.

18/03/2025

Day 9 - Diaries of a CSW Traveller

It is the first day of week 2 and as a CSW traveller one of the things I am also learning is the importance of the arts. Messages come not only from words but more so from our actions and the use of expressive arts, where it be through drawings, paintings, dance or music. Today I was privy to a different kind of messaging but a very powerful one, which I hope I would be able to use.Coming from the Pacific and from the oral traditional that we have, story telling is part of our culture and nature. If we could develop that to become an advocacy tool and make movies just like in Chile, it would be a great plus to our young ones.
Today we supported UN Women, Permanent Missions of Chile and NGO/CSW Committee for a film screening which was also co-sponsored by UNOSSC, Common Threads Project and Malala fund.
The Film Screening was titled LA VIDA DE NOSOTRAS translated OUR LIVES.
The film was screened as part of the film festival at CSW69 under the theme Shifting the Shame: a special focus on ending violence against women and girls. Directed by Chilean Filmmaker Hernan Caffiero, it was a powerful series that brought to life the real stories of women from diverse ages and social backgrounds. The series looked at pervasive patriarchal violence that shaped the experiences of the characters shedding light on the systematic inequities and injustices that persisted in society.
The film was moving and I and fellow Fijian and WE RISE COALITION traveller shared after the movie, it would be a good advocacy tool for us in the Pacific to use, and also a good way of advocacy for us to pursue especially for a Feminist Media organization.
If there are some potential funders out there wishing to support this venture in the Pacific, fellow WE RISE travellers would be willing to collaborate with you on this one.

18/03/2025

𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐀𝐍 𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐌

Celebrating and commemorating the diversity of femLINKpacific today, we spoke to femLINKpacific's Human Resource Officer - Shafreena Nisha, on her Day In A Life Observing Ramadan.

𝗔 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗺 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗻

𝑅𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛, 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦, 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑤𝑛, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒-𝑑𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑢ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑟. 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝐴𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛, 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒, 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑗𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑅𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ. 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑄𝑢𝑟'𝑎𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦.

𝐴𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠, 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑎𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑙.

𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑅𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑. 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑇𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑒𝑒ℎ, 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟, 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑅𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑛, 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟.

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𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑌𝐶 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑. 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝐸 𝑅𝐼𝑆𝐸 𝐶𝑂𝐴𝐿𝐼𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠.

𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝐸 𝑅𝐼𝑆𝐸 𝐶𝑂𝐴𝐿𝐼𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝐿𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑠(𝐻𝐿𝑃𝐹). 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑒; 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.

𝑆𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑖𝑗𝑖 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑛ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑛. 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐, 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦.

𝑀𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑦’𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝑆𝑊 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝐿𝑃𝐹 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑, 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒.

𝑊𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑢𝑝, 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒.

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15/03/2025

𝟔𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐔𝐌

femLINKpacific's Executive Director - Fay Volatabu, is currently in New York for the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Forum.

Continuing with her daily updates titled "Diary of a CSW Traveler"

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟳: 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗦𝗪 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿

𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 We Rise Coalition ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛. Sista , International Women's Development Agency - IWDA, Fiji Women's Rights Movement 𝑎𝑛𝑑 femLINKpacific 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 Tuvalu Women for Change Association 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑂𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛’𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑗𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑝𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑤.

𝐼𝑛 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑, 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 12 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑗𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝐸 𝑅𝐼𝑆𝐸 𝐶𝑂𝐴𝐿𝐼𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝑆𝑊.

𝑾𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌.

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