Sistas, Let's Talk
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Sistas, Let’s Talk is a show for women across the Pacific region. Each week, host Natasha Meten talks to inspirational women about the issues affecting them, and discusses how to navigate modern life as a Pacific Island woman.
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Why do so many Pacific men refuse to wear condoms?
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May 06, 2026 |
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Will banning polygamy in Papua New Guinea improve safety for women and children?
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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How the Pacific drug crisis impacts women
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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From excitement to fear: What it’s like being pregnant for the first time
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Stigma kills: How Fiji’s HIV crisis impacts mothers and babies
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Positive bystanders: How to take action when you witness gender-based violence
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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What GBV survivor support really looks like in the Pacific
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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The power of friendship seeing women through the best and worst times
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Trailblazers in lab coats: Meet the Pacific women changing lives through science
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Why singing brings joy: Pacific voices explain the power of music
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Protecting the bubus: combating elder abuse in the Pacific
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Beyond the bills: The grassroots push helping Pacific women rewrite their financial futures
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Hidden struggles: Confronting perinatal mental health challenges across the Pacific
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Why is getting vaccinated a challenge across the Pacific?
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Being alone and being lonely aren't the same thing
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Who is working to bring an end to child marriage in the Pacific?
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Too many Pacific women die in childbirth. How can they be saved?
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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The challenges of raising neurodivergent children in the Pacific
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Meet the next generation of Pacific women fighting for change
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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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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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Pacific period health: What happens when you can't access pads or clean water?
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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The dark side of connection: How cyber abuse impacts women and children
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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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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Oct 29, 2025 |
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How Pacific men and boys are joining the fight against gender-based violence
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Ozempic isn’t the cure: Tackling Pacific obesity through education
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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What ovarian cancer taught me
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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‘Women are the seed keepers’: How empowering women is key to addressing climate change
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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How living in the diaspora led this Elder to an Olympic icon
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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How education changed Matilda Sweman's life
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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The crusade against sorcery-related violence in PNG
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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The benefits and challenges of educating girls in The Pacific
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Caregiving is work: Why paid maternity leave is critical for child maternal health in the Pacific
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Is customary law appropriate when dealing with sexual and gender-based violence in the Pacific?
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Women in Sport: from grassroots to the world stage
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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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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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Tackling Emotional Abuse
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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‘They're the custodians of stories and skills’: Why grandmothers are so important in the Pacific
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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How do women in the Pacific manage financially after the of loss their spouse?
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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The Pacific women filmmakers telling stories through their cultural lens
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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How does period pain hold women back?
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Why is a first birthday so important in the Marshall Islands?
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Accessing birth control in the Pacific
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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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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Jun 11, 2025 |
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What is perimenopause and why should we talk about it?
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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How to be an overbearing Aunty
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May 28, 2025 |
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Having conversations about sex will change your life
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May 21, 2025 |
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How do we raise boys to become good men?
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May 14, 2025 |
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Being the eldest sister in the Pacific
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May 07, 2025 |
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Can birthing traditions and modern medicine work together?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Exposing the child sexual abuse crisis in the Pacific
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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How Well Do You Know Your Own Body?
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Why is the Pacific music industry male-dominated?
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Preventing cervical cancer with a simple swab
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Can Pacific women find love on a dating app?
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Breast cancer: Why do so many women wait until it's too late?
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Rose Pihei never planned to become a politician, but the Bougainville Conflict changed everything.
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Meet the women taking tourism into their own hands
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Caregiving is work: Why paid maternity leave is critical for child maternal health in the Pacific
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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'My mum is my backbone': What happens when your parents are your biggest cheerleaders
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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‘They're the custodians of stories and skills’: Why grandmothers are so important in the Pacific
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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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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Jan 29, 2025 |
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How art and cultural practices bring communities together to tackle sustainability
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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The Pacific women filmmakers telling stories through their cultural lens
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Pacific family gatherings — how do you celebrate?
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Church hymns, food and caretaking mental health in Western spaces
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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How living in the diaspora led this Elder to an Olympic icon
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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How education changed Matilda Sweman's life
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Having conversations about sex will change your life
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Tackling Emotional Abuse
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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INTRODUCING — The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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The benefits and challenges of educating girls in The Pacific
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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How Debbie Kaore left a violent relationship and how her love for sport gives her strength
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Meet the Pacific Women Olympians Pushing Boundaries
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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How to be an overbearing Aunty
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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How to embrace the power of technology and stay safe online
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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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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Sep 25, 2024 |
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‘Women are the seed keepers’: How empowering women is key to addressing climate change
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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What ovarian cancer taught me
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Self care isn't selfish, it's about survival: Healing from Family Violence
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Pacific women kick goals from the rugby fields to policy-making
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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How Florence Swamy helps build peace, from grassroots communities through to the Fijian military
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Is customary law appropriate when dealing with sexual and gender-based violence in the Pacific?
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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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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Jul 31, 2024 |
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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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Jul 17, 2024 |
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How Pacific women can navigate saying no
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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How does seasonal work impact the women and communities left behind?
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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There's been a cultural shift in kava consumption. What impact has this had on women?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Single mothers tell their stories to break down stigmas
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Rose Pihei never planned to become a politician, but the Bougainville Conflict changed everything.
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Exposing the child sexual abuse crisis in the Pacific
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Meet the "neurospicy" Samoan sisters changing workplace culture
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May 29, 2024 |
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Why do women put up with pain?
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May 22, 2024 |
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The traditional childbirth rituals connecting modern Maori women to their ancestors
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May 15, 2024 |
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Can birthing traditions and modern medicine work together?
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May 08, 2024 |
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Why do women still do so much unpaid work?
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May 01, 2024 |
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Can Pacific women find love on a dating app?
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Colourism: Casting of Nani in Lilo & Stitch just the tip of the iceberg
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Why is the Pacific music industry male-dominated?
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Tuiga of the past and present – how the Samoan headdress has evolved
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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How women are changing the face of the church across the Pacific
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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What's it like being a sex worker in the Pacific?
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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How Well Do You Know Your Own Body?
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Pacific women and the tapa Revival
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Inspirational women fight against HIV in the Pacific region
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Family support is vital to coping with teenage pregnancy in the Pacific
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Polygamy in Modern-day PNG
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Professional women bringing their knowledge home
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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What feeds our obsession with sugar?
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Putting the 'best' in best friendships
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Women in Sport: from grassroots to the world stage
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Meet the successful business leader from Papua New Guinea who wants more women to believe in their own value.
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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How Well Do You Know Your Own Body?
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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For better or worse: the changing custom of bride price
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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In Conversation with Emeritus Professor Tagaloatele Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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As climate change threatens more Pacific communities, how important are women’s voices in finding solutions?
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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What's it like to be a woman boss in Papua New Guinea?
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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How does a PNG Highlander end up working on the high seas?
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Women Chiefs & Traditional Power
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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What is perimenopause and why should we talk about it?
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Why is a first birthday so important in the Marshall Islands?
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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How are Pacific beauty queens breaking the mould?
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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How does seasonal work impact the women and communities left behind?
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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What is it really like to work on the PALM scheme if you're a woman?
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Celebrating Our Grandmothers
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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How does period pain hold women back?
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Women in Sport: from grassroots to the world stage
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Bird of Paradise Dame Meg Taylor
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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The Pacific women who make us laugh
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Sistas rewind: Favourite interviews from tattoos to press freedom
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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There's been a cultural shift in kava consumption. What impact has this had on women?
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Let's talk about sex
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Remembering Aitape: 25 years on from the devastating tsunami
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Remembering Aitape: Part One
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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How can social media change the lives of Pacific women and those around them?
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Meet the "neurospicy" Samoan sisters changing workplace culture
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Breast cancer: Why do so many women wait until it's too late?
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Colourism: Casting of Nani in Lilo & Stitch just the tip of the iceberg
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Preventing cervical cancer with a simple swab
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Pacific conversations that will bring you joy
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May 31, 2023 |
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If something were to happen today, would you have the financial knowledge to survive?
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May 24, 2023 |
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How women are changing the face of the church across the Pacific
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May 17, 2023 |
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What happens when you experience birth trauma?
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May 10, 2023 |
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Meet the Australian South Sea Islanders reconnecting with their Pacific heritage
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May 03, 2023 |
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What is it really like to work on the PALM scheme if you're a woman?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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How Samoa's Warrior Queen took on a men's tradition and inspired a generation
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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How do we raise boys to become good men?
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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How women bear the unique brunt of PNG's escalating tribal violence
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Beauty Pageants in the Pacific region
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Let's talk about sex
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Meet the Pacific women keeping their culture alive
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Wednesday 08 March 2023
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Breast cancer: Why do so many women wait until it's too late?
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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How do you balance being a modern Pacific woman from a deeply traditional culture?
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Papua New Guinea women are facing an epidemic of violence. Is it time for men to fix the problem?
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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If something were to happen today, would you have the financial knowledge to survive?
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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What is it like to be a conservationist in the land of a thousand tribes, Papua New Guinea?
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Are women the solution to the Pacific's diabetes epidemic?
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Giving birth during natural disasters
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Being the eldest sister in the Pacific
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Dissing the sistas
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Meet the women keeping the ancient art of Pacific storytelling alive
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Music legends Vika and Linda Bull on how their Tongan heritage shaped them
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Why is it so hard for Pacific women writers to publish their books?
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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How the Black Sistaz use music as activism
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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What's behind the rapid rise of HIV cases in Fiji?
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Women living with disability in the Pacific
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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How do women in the Pacific manage financially after the of loss their spouse?
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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One woman's crusade to preserve traditional Pacific food and healthy eating
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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What does it take to make a career in music for Pacific women?
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Cheating: Should I stay or should I go?
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Access to safe abortion
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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How rituals help in mourning
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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How women eco-warriors are fighting on two fronts
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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The crusade against sorcery-related violence in PNG
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Do we have a drinking problem?
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Giving birth during natural disasters
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Tackling illiteracy: How these women transformed their lives
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Meet the women keeping the ancient art of Pacific storytelling alive
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Women behind bars in the Pacific
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Are women the solution to the Pacific's diabetes epidemic?
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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What's it like being a sex worker in the Pacific?
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Dame Carol Kidu continues the fight for women in PNG's election
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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How is elderly care changing in the Pacific?
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Dissing the sistas
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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How one woman is using her Christian faith to liberate West Papua
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Professional women bringing their knowledge home
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Women living with disability in the Pacific
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Lazy men in the Pacific
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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The Pacific's chlamydia epidemic
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Women and Press Freedom in the Pacific
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Being the eldest sister in the Pacific
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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LGBTQI in the Pacific
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May 25, 2022 |
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Women behind bars in the Pacific
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May 18, 2022 |
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Women and Infertility in the Pacific
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May 11, 2022 |
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Cervical Cancer in the Pacific
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May 04, 2022 |
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A love letter to our special female friends
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Pacific Women and the Spirit World
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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How the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption impacted women
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Accessing birth control in the Pacific
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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The political plight of women in Papua New Guinea
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Social media and beauty standards in the Pacific.
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Inspirational women fight against HIV in the Pacific region
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Pacific Women Seasonal Workers
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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How Not to Date Your Cousin!
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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The Women of West Papua's Independence Movement
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Pacific Island Women and Breastfeeding
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Pacific University Challenge
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Decolonising Hair in the Pacific
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Traditional Pacific Food Revival
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Eco Warriors: Pacific Women fighting climate change
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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You have to see it to be it
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Pacific Women and the Spirit World
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Pacific Women in small business
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Islands Christmas
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Bougainville’s women: the fight for independence and healing.
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Pacific women and the tapa Revival
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Pacific women in STEM
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Pacific women and the Covid 19 vaccine
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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'Colourism is an issue': What the first Melanesian beauty queen thinks about Pacific beauty pageants today
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Beauty Pageants in the Pacific region.
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Decolonising Hair in the Pacific
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Cervical Cancer in the Pacific
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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"Mama, there's always hope": How one woman battled cervical cancer, while pregnant, during COVID-19
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Breaking Up: Pacific Island women and divorce
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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One woman's battle against Pacific cultural norms to leave her 20-year marriage
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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How a terrifying spiritual experience led one woman to connect Tongan culture and western medicine
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Pacific Women and the Spirit World
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Giving Birth in remote Papua New Guinea
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Meet one of the women working to reduce childbirth complications in remote PNG
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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You have to see it to be it
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Pacific Women in trades
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Pacific Women fighting Period Poverty
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Pacific Women in small business
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Traditional Pacific Food Revival
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Pacific Women and Mental Health
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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The Grass Ceiling: Pacific Women in Sport
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Eco Warriors: Pacific Women fighting climate change
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Pacific Women Finding Love
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Women and Obesity in the Pacific
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Could relationships be contributing to the loss of Indigenous languages across Vanuatu?
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Found in Translation: Women keeping Pacific languages alive
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Pacific Women Surviving Gender Based Violence
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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'I didn’t know that I was in an abusive relationship': Alicia Sahib's journey to family violence advocate
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Absent Partners: Pacific Island couples living apart
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Pacific Island Women in Fashion
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Pacific Women in Politics
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Bride Price: How are modern women across the Pacific dealing with it?
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Women and Traditional Tattoos: A New Era
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May 28, 2021 |
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Women in the time of Covid
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May 21, 2021 |
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Sistas, Let’s Get Talking
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May 13, 2021 |