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Pacific Perspectives Brunch – Launch of the Young Pacific Women’s Collective Report September 2023
Under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009. DisclaimerThis publication must not be relied on as legal advice. For more information, please refer to theappropriate legislation or seek independent legal advice.Documents:Pacific Perspectives Brunch - Launch of YPWC...
The Constitution of the Pacific Women’s Professional & Business Network
Under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009. DisclaimerThis publication must not be relied on as legal advice. For more information, please refer to theappropriate legislation or seek independent legal advice.Documents:PWPBN ConstitutionRead (PDF): PWPBN...
PWPBN Submission to the Review of the Australian Multicultural Framework, August 2023
Please find our submission titled "Inclusion of Pacific Women and their Families in the Multicultural Framework of Australia." This document has been prepared by Loau Donina Va’a, Chair of the Pacific Women’s Professional Business Network Inc. Our submission...
PWPBN Strategic Plan – July 2023 to June 2024
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Donina Va’a, Samoa: Authentic, Straightforward, Dedicated
Donina Va’a has worked as a community program manager, early childhood specialist, and a passionate advocate for including Pacific communities in decision-making. Having served on a range of boards over the last two decades, and with her lifelong appreciation of...
Pacific Australian Emerging Leaders’ Summit 2022
Documents:Pacific Australian Emerging Leaders’ Summit 2022By M Rosaline Ah Chong ParkerRead (PDF): Pacific Australian Emerging Leaders’ Summit 2022Download (PDF): [easy_media_download...
Australia’s Pasifika children learn about COVID-safety through books and songs
During the height of Australia's COVID-19 outbreak, Pacific Islander communities were among those hit the hardest, with the highest death rates seen in people born in Tonga and Samoa.Read the full story: Australia's Pasifika children learn about COVID-safety through...
Pacific Women’s Professional Business Network Inc Submission to the CALD Women’s Economic Opportunities Consultation
Documents:PWPBN Submission - NSW Treasury’s Women’s Economic Opportunities Review (WEOR) 2022By Loau Donina Va'aRead (PDF): PWPBN Submission - NSW Treasury’s Women’s Economic Opportunities Review (WEOR) 2022Download (PDF): [easy_media_download...
Maddison Pacific Womens Business Dinner – Speech
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Engaging Pasifika young people at UTS
Australian universities are failing to attract Pasifika students to study on their campuses. It’s a missed opportunity when almost 40 per cent of the Australian population with Pacific Islander ancestry are aged 19 years and under, and 15,000 Pasifika people aged...
Concerns about ‘statistical invisibility’ among Australia’s Pasifika communities
There are calls for Australia’s diverse Pasifika communities to ensure they take part in the 2021 census, after reports some Pacific Islanders are considered 'statistically invisible'. In Australia's most recent census in 2016, more than 200,000 people reported having...
Pacific Islanders In Australia
Documents:Pacific Islanders In AustraliaInterdepartmental Committee on Pacific Education and Labour Mobility New Policy MeasuresRead (PDF): Pacific Islanders In AustraliaDownload (PDF): [easy_media_download...
PWBPN Strategic Planning Session Summary 2021
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PWBPN Strategic Planning Session PROPOSAL 2021
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PWPBN Report 2020
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Culturally-appropriate support required to help young Pacific islanders in Australia
Pacific community leaders in Sydney are calling for more culturally appropriate services, saying many of their young people feel disenfranchised and lost trying to find help in Australia. The Restore Project is a new program that aims to support at-risk youth, and the...
What does an economically empowered Pacific woman look like?
by Louisa Gibbs and Sian Rolls, Pacific Women ‘Economics assumes women and men make decisions in the same way and that they react to economic stimuli in the same way, but they don’t. ‘We need to include women’s experiences in developing policies and creating laws,’ Dr...
Regional security measures include hearing diverse women’s voices
This article is part of ASPI’s 2020 series on women, peace and security. Diverse women’s voices are often left out of discussions about security in the Pacific. This is despite this year marking two decades since the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1325 and...
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2017 with the Pacific Women’s Professional and Business Network in New South Wales, Australia
The inaugural “Celebrate Brilliance” event was hosted by the Pacific Women’s Professional and Business Network (PWPBN) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday 25th March 2017 in association with International Women’s Day 2017. PWPBN inspired a commitment of...
Pacific Communities in Australia | Western Sydney University Research Direct
This report strives to provide a greater understanding and awareness of Pacific communities in Australia. Through the compilation of data gained from the 2011 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, this document is the first...
