On 17 August, our Nadi Hub Coordinator Shurti Kumar and guest speaker Dr Bhawna Chand from Nadi Hospital will host a community information session in Lavusa on women’s health and wellbeing. The event builds on the success of ICDP’s earlier session on financial literacy, facilitated by Shurti.
Read the transcript of Salote Waqairatu-Waqainabete’s presentation from our recent Dialogue, where she highlights Pacific women’s essential contributions to agriculture and aquaculture and outlines the practical steps needed to better support their leadership and visibility.
Our recent Dialogue brought together 29 members of the ICDP Pacific community to unpack the barriers facing Pacific women in agriculture and aquaculture. From visibility and data to mentorship and training, the discussion focused on practical steps to strengthen women’s roles in farmer organisations across the region.
On 15 May, we are hosting a virtual talanoa to explore the vital, yet often overlooked, role of women in Pacific farmer organisations. Hear from Salote Waqairatu-Waqainabete and Anneliese Austin as they share their insights and experiences on bridging the data gap around women’s contributions to agriculture and farmer organisations in the region.
In Lae, Papua New Guinea, a school holiday program entitled Kids Moni Pasin (money habits) and Creative Arts concluded last week with a graduation ceremony to acknowledge the children’s efforts and achievements.
As 2024 comes to a close, it is an opportunity to look back at all the achievements and memories we have built together.
On 31 October, ICDP Managing Director Catherine Fritz-Kalish AM offered a virtual address at the Green Rio Summit in Brazil, the host of this year’s G20 meetings. Under the theme of “Empowerment through Entrepreneurship”, she outlined the work of ICDP in supporting Pacific Island small businesses and entrepreneurs and shared some of the key ideas raised by Pacific Community members at September’s Dialogue on the Blue Economy.
Goroka Hub Coordinator Georgina Benson and her team have launched ‘The Waiting Hut’ – a community-based organisation dedicated to improving maternal and child health services in rural areas of the Eastern Highlands PNG.
OneLook co-founder and Apia Hub Coordinator Okalani Mariner was a member of the Commonwealth Youth Forum as part of the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting — a momentous event marking the first time a Pacific Island Nation has hosted CHOGM. Her experience also involved speaking at the People’s Forum about the power of creative and performing arts to communicate important messages.
Our latest community dialogue held in September highlighted the progress of Less than Container Load to address small-volume export challenges for local firms in Solomon Islands, the impact of COVID-19 on market demand in Fiji through a case study of a Fijian landscaping business, and ways to leverage digital technology for sustainable business growth.
