13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC)
The 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) will now take place June 6-16, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The announcement from the FestPAC Hawaiʻi Commission and The Pacific Community (SPC), the custodian of FestPAC, follows two postponements of…
Pacific leads on delivering quality counselling services for survivors of gender-based violence
Kiribati has begun national consultations as part of a regional project to ensure consistently high quality standards for Pacific counselling services provided to survivors of gender-based violence and violence against women and girls.
This week’s…
Pacific Youth Council convening identifies priorities for youth development
As part of a regional convening, the Pacific Youth Council (PYC) and National Youth Council (NYC) representatives from 14 Pacific island countries and territories the need to strengthen collaboration, inclusivity, and…
Youth paving the ways of their future: The Pacific Youth Council
“We are not merely casting away the old, but we are embracing new and unconventional ways of inclusion, collaboration, and support.”
Monitoring disability inclusion: Towards the realisation of rights
Co-authored by Sally Baker (Disability Inclusion Specialist - Pacific Women Lead Quality and Technical Assurance Group) and Arti Devi (Database Officer for Pacific Women Lead at SPC), this blog provides insight into an inclusion tool, a guidance note for…
Grants for Pacific cultural and creative industries
“We cannot protect what we don’t understand.” As traditional navigator Kaiafa Ledua delivered these remarks at a press conference on 16 April 2024, he and 11 other cultural and creative project representatives left a…
Keynote address by Susil Nelson-Kongoi, Pacific Women Lead Governance Board member at the PNG Women Lead Annual Reflections workshop
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen
Challenging perspectives around disability
On Thursday, 18 April, at the Pacific Community (SPC) headquarters, a special event will be held. Together various stakeholders from New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia, Tonga and Fiji, will debate on the topic: “Let’s change our…