Pacific Women Lead Team starts work at Pacific Community (SPC)
Pacific Women Lead has transitioned to the Pacific Community (SPC)'s Human Rights and Social Development (HRSD) Division. With this transition, Pacific Women Lead is now at the centre of SPC’s regional work on gender equality.
In the aftermath of Tonga's Hunga volcano eruption: A PW Podcast
S04-E01: In the aftermath of Tonga's Hunga volcano eruption
On Saturday 15 January 2022, the Hunga volcano erupted sending a plume of ash and volcanic gas 30 kilometers into the atmosphere and generating tsunami waves across the Pacific. The…
COVID-19 response: SPC deploys health experts to assist Pacific Island Countries
The Pacific Community (SPC) is deploying a team of health experts from the Public Health Division to support requests made by Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), to assist with its COVID-19 preparedness and response.
Today a team of 5…
Nauru PGCFE Training:Introduction to Health Information Systems
This module, EPI 826-02: Introduction to Health Information Systems, is part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Field Epidemiology course under the SHIP-DDM capacity development program. This is facilitated by SPC and funded by DFAT under PacEVIPP.
International Day of Epidemic Preparedness- Strengthening capacity in the Pacific region
The World Health Organisation declared International Day of Epidemic Preparedness in 2020 to create awareness around the importance of the prevention, preparedness, and partnership against epidemics especially during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Equipping schools to nurture socially responsible citizens
Imagine a violence-free Pacific where people live freely, happily, and in harmony without fear of violence/abuse (in all its forms), learning from, sharing with, and caring for one another, working towards one common goal of developing a progressive…
Ellen, a soil scientist at SPC: “There is a bigger role for Pacific women to play in the scientific world”
“Honestly, I can't get enough of it. Everyone else goes and sleeps in their bunks and I sleep out on the fish box. It's my favorite place.“
"I grew up surrounded by flowers and crops. Now I run the largest plant gene bank in the Pacific"
Gina Jones- From water child to disaster response specialist
Gina Jones working alongside her colleague in the PIEMA Project office at SPC, Fiji.