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Bougainville’s Theonila Roka Matbob on taking down a mining giant and winning the Goldman Prize

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Finding the extraordinary in Ordinary Tongan Lives

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When disaster hits home: Telling Vanuatu’s climate change stories

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How a girl from Rabaul became a champion for Wantoks in Australia

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Rose Pihei never planned to become a politician, but the Bougainville Conflict changed everything

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Breaking the silence: Tongan mother and daughter create tools to prevent domestic violence

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Veronica Koman: The exiled lawyer refusing to stay silent on West Papua

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How education changed Matilda Sweman's life

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How living in the diaspora led this Elder to an Olympic icon

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The challenges of raising neurodivergent children in the Pacific

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Honour and responsibility: What being a matriarch means for Pacific women

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The joys and challenges of intercultural relationships in the Pacific

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Life after 40: Pacific women on growth, identity and self-discovery

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From oka to chop suey: the traditional dishes connecting Pacific generations

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Life in your 30s: PNG women share lessons on family, career and self-discovery

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NAIDOC Week spotlight: Professor Jackie Huggins brings Indigenous history to life

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Ambition and hope: Three Pacific women on life in their 20s

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Bougainville’s Theonila Roka Matbob on taking down a mining giant and winning the Goldman Prize

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How traditional and legal adoption conflict for children from the Pacific

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Beyond the disaster: Meet the women on the frontline of landslide relief in PNG and Bougainville

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Surviving a rough patch: how some couples get through the hard times

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How colonialism has shaped colourism in the Pacific

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Five years on: Sistas Let’s Talk looks back on five years of platforming Pacific women’s issues

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Why do so many Pacific men refuse to wear condoms?

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Will banning polygamy in Papua New Guinea improve safety for women and children?

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How the Pacific drug crisis impacts women

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From excitement to fear: What it’s like being pregnant for the first time

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Stigma kills: How Fiji’s HIV crisis impacts mothers and babies

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Positive bystanders: How to take action when you witness gender-based violence

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What GBV survivor support really looks like in the Pacific

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The power of friendship seeing women through the best and worst times

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Trailblazers in lab coats: Meet the Pacific women changing lives through science

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Why singing brings joy: Pacific voices explain the power of music

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Protecting the bubus: combating elder abuse in the Pacific

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Beyond the bills: The grassroots push helping Pacific women rewrite their financial futures

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Hidden struggles: Confronting perinatal mental health challenges across the Pacific

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Why is getting vaccinated a challenge across the Pacific?

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Being alone and being lonely aren't the same thing

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Who is working to bring an end to child marriage in the Pacific?

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Too many Pacific women die in childbirth. How can they be saved?

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The challenges of raising neurodivergent children in the Pacific

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Meet the next generation of Pacific women fighting for change

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What does a Vanuatu council’s ban on menstruating women selling food say about kastom, period hygiene and respect for women?

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Pacific period health: What happens when you can't access pads or clean water?

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The dark side of connection: How cyber abuse impacts women and children

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Fewer than 8 per cent of Pacific politicians are women, but more women are now putting their hands up

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How Pacific men and boys are joining the fight against gender-based violence

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Ozempic isn’t the cure: Tackling Pacific obesity through education

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What ovarian cancer taught me

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‘Women are the seed keepers’: How empowering women is key to addressing climate change

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How living in the diaspora led this Elder to an Olympic icon

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How education changed Matilda Sweman's life

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The crusade against sorcery-related violence in PNG

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The benefits and challenges of educating girls in The Pacific

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Caregiving is work: Why paid maternity leave is critical for child maternal health in the Pacific

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Is customary law appropriate when dealing with sexual and gender-based violence in the Pacific?

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Women in Sport: from grassroots to the world stage

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The meri blouse, urohs and island dress are now part of Pacific women's identity, but challenges loom

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Tackling Emotional Abuse

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‘They're the custodians of stories and skills’: Why grandmothers are so important in the Pacific

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How do women in the Pacific manage financially after the of loss their spouse?

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The Pacific women filmmakers telling stories through their cultural lens

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How does period pain hold women back?

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Why is a first birthday so important in the Marshall Islands?

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Accessing birth control in the Pacific

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How the Haus Meri in Papua New Guinea is being transformed to give women a political voice

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What is perimenopause and why should we talk about it?

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How to be an overbearing Aunty

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Having conversations about sex will change your life

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How do we raise boys to become good men?

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Being the eldest sister in the Pacific

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Can birthing traditions and modern medicine work together?

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Exposing the child sexual abuse crisis in the Pacific

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How Well Do You Know Your Own Body?

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Why is the Pacific music industry male-dominated?

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Preventing cervical cancer with a simple swab

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Can Pacific women find love on a dating app?

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Breast cancer: Why do so many women wait until it's too late?

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Rose Pihei never planned to become a politician, but the Bougainville Conflict changed everything.

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Meet the women taking tourism into their own hands

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Caregiving is work: Why paid maternity leave is critical for child maternal health in the Pacific

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'My mum is my backbone': What happens when your parents are your biggest cheerleaders

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‘They're the custodians of stories and skills’: Why grandmothers are so important in the Pacific

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Meet the Pacific women who took the world’s biggest issue to the world’s highest court

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How art and cultural practices bring communities together to tackle sustainability

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The Pacific women filmmakers telling stories through their cultural lens

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Pacific family gatherings — how do you celebrate?

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Church hymns, food and caretaking mental health in Western spaces

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How living in the diaspora led this Elder to an Olympic icon

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How education changed Matilda Sweman's life

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Having conversations about sex will change your life

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Tackling Emotional Abuse

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INTRODUCING — The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior

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The benefits and challenges of educating girls in The Pacific

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How Debbie Kaore left a violent relationship and how her love for sport gives her strength

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Meet the Pacific Women Olympians Pushing Boundaries

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How to be an overbearing Aunty

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How to embrace the power of technology and stay safe online

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Sistas rewind: Favourite interviews from women entrepreneurs in business and farming to connecting South Sea Islanders to their Pacific roots

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‘Women are the seed keepers’: How empowering women is key to addressing climate change