Vosa Season 2 Episode 5 - In Conversation: IWD 2022

This episode the Mama T's talanoa with Pacific Changemakers who have been behind some of the big changes and shifts in our region. 

We talk to Stanley Simpson (Fiji), Karla Eggleton (Cook Islands) and Angeline Heine Reimers (Marshall Islands) about their respective journeys to implementing change for media freedom, LGBTQI rights and clean water for all in the Pacific. 

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The Mama T's talanoa with two of our Pacific Ocean champions, Rose Kautoke and Bill Waqalevu. 

Bill is Senior Researcher (PhD) at Yas SeaWorld Research & Rescue in Abu Dhabi and Rose Kautoke, Senior Crown Counsel, Head of the Legal Advice and International Law Division, Attorney General's Office and ocean law advocate. 

They share insights into the work they do in policy and science for our oceans and navigating leadership roles in those spaces.

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Vosa is back and with new hosts for Season 3. Join the Mama T's - Trina and Talita - as they explore Pacific leadership with Ana Laqeretabua (Fiji), Jamal Talagi (Niue) and Amelia Katoa (Tonga).

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This episode we explore the sacred and - oftentimes intimidating - world of rituals and the relationship they have with our identities as Pacific people. 

Our two amazing episode 10 guests guide us through this final episode of VOSA Season 2 -  Wendy Mocke is a Papua New Guinean inter-disciplinary storyteller, a NIDA Acting graduate, Wendy has performed across stages in Australia and appeared in films and television. Our second guest Akanisi Nabalarua-Vakawaletabua of Fiji is a lawyer and lecturer of Business Law at the School of Accounting at the University of the South Pacific. 

If you’d like to learn more about the brilliant projects that Wendy and Akanisi are a part of, check out the links below:

Wendy Mocke

Wendy was a member of the emerging writers group at Sydney Theatre Company and this year her play 'I am Kegu' was shortlisted for the Patrick White Playwrights award. She has completed writing residencies at Griffin Theatre Company and Darlinghurst Theatre where she developed her stage plays 'Jalbu Meri' and 'REALish'. Wendy’s visual art’s project called ‘m e r i’, a collection of photographs and stories focuses on the recontextualising of contemporary PNG women, was exhibited last year at North Site Contemporary Arts Gallery (Cairns) and this year at Brisbane Powerhouse (Brisbane). 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wendy.mocke

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melaninhaus/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WendyMocke

Akanisi Nabalarua-Vakawaletabua 

Akanisi has worked as a lawyer and lecturer traversing the world of private practice and academia engaging her legal research and advocacy skills as an iTaukei female lawyer and teacher in Fiji.

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/akanisi_reads/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/akanisi411

Do you want to be involved in Vosa’s next season? Listen in for details at the end of the episode.

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This episode we’re delving into all things technology and connectivity. The ways in which we are using technology to address everyday challenges, how technology is helping us preserve our ways of life and keeping us connected, and asking ourselves how we can best use it to safely and inclusively benefit our communities. 

We hear from: Sarai Tevita, ICT Director for National University of Samoa, Selu Kauvaka an information technology professional, who works with the E-Government initiative under the Prime Minister’s office in Tonga and Falaoa Sione of Tuvalu, who is Director of Trade.

As always, this episode is supported by the World Bank in the Pacific and PNG. 

The World Bank has also been a big supporter of increasing connectivity with projects across the region being instrumental in building faster, more reliable, and more affordable internet access.

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In this episode, each of our guests has a story to share about how families and communities found ways to stay connected and how we might take some of that learning with us into the future. We hear from: Jeffry Feeger of Papua New Guinea, Ann Singeo of Palau, Dr Fotu Fisi'iahi of Tonga, and Epeli Tuibeqa of Fiji. 

You can find out more about our guests here:

JEFFRY FEEGER'S ART

https://www.facebook.com/jeffryfeegerart

EBIIL SOCIETY OF PALAU

https://www.ebiilsociety.org/

EPELI TUIBEQA 

https://www.facebook.com/kuivitipacificfj/

https://www.instagram.com/kuiviti_pacific/?hl=en

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In this episode of Vosa we speak with some of the Pacific's most spirited changemakers. Our young people. 'Ana Malia Falemaka of Tonga, Yasmin Poole of Australia, Nelson Kokoa of PNG and Elizabeth Kite of Tonga share with us their vision for their communities in 2035 and what they think it will take to get us there. 

Young people from all over the world are taking their voices to the World Bank Group Youth Summit on 26-27 of May and you can join them virtually by registering via the link provided below. 

TALITHA PROJECT

https://www.facebook.com/TalithaProjectTonga/ 

https://www.instagram.com/talithatonga/

TAKE THE LEAD TONGA

https://www.facebook.com/TakeTheLeadTonga/

https://www.instagram.com/takethelead_tonga/?hl=en

https://www.taketheleadtonga.org/ 

THE VOICE INC PNG

https://www.thevoicepng.org/ 

https://www.facebook.com/CleanGenerationCampaign/ 

https://www.instagram.com/thevoiceinc/ 

https://twitter.com/thevoiceincpng 

WORLD BANK GROUP YOUTH SUMMIT

https://wbgyouthsummit.wufoo.com/forms/s1ikdovf04zpqml/

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This episode is about the hustle. We speak with Pacific women entrepreneurs and business founders who share their experiences of starting something new, stepping into uncertainty, choosing a path less travelled and reflecting on what it has taken for their ventures to survive the ups and downs of business, including the pandemic.

VOSA speaks with Shelley Burich of Samoa, Vani Nades of Papua New Guinea, and Kitiana Chute of Fiji.

EmStret Holdings Limited - https://www.facebook.com/emstret

Vaoala Vanilla - https://www.facebook.com/vaoalavanilla/

LeaderHive Coaching - https://www.facebook.com/LeaderHive-Coaching-100133955123397/

Pacific Trade Invest - https://pacifictradeinvest.com/ 

The World Bank Pacific - https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/pacificislands

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This episode, we celebrate International Women’s Day, encouraging conversations across generations, across the ocean, across different stages of life and careers. VOSA speaks with Rhea Moss-Christian of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Vinzealhar Nen of Papua New Guinea.

For more on how the World Bank in the Pacific is marking International Women's Day 2022, visit their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/worldbankpacific/

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In this episode of Vosa, we share voices from our oceanic region, reminding us of our connection to the ocean and all the ways in which Pacific people are working to protect and preserve it.

Guests this episode include: Masio Nadung of PNG, Mathew Chigiyal of the Federated States of Micronesia, Dr Katy Soapi of Solomon Islands, Dr Frances Koya-Vaka'uta of Fiji, Kalena Kattil-deBrum of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Alisi Rabukawaqa of Fiji, Kalani Reyes of the Marianas, and Pacific leaders voicing the Declaration on the Preservation of Maritime Boundaries in the Face of Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise.  

PACIFIC VOICES - MANA MOANAhttps://www.manamoana.co.nz/pacificvoices/

PACIFIC LEADERS DECLARATION ON PRESERVING MARITIME ZONES IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE-RELATED SEA-LEVEL RISEhttps://www.forumsec.org/2021/08/11/declaration-on-preserving-maritime-zones-in-the-face-of-climate-change-related-sea-level-rise/

PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT - COP26 SEA LEVEL RISE DECLARATIONhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4tj0I2LruI

CELEBRATING THE 20TH MARITIME BOUNDARIES SESSIONhttps://www.spc.int/updates/news/speeches/2021/11/celebrating-the-20th-maritime-boundaries-session 

REIMAANLOK - THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY-LED OCEAN CONSERVATION IN MARSHALL ISLANDShttps://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2021/11/17/-reimaanlok-the-future-of-community-led-ocean-conservation-in-marshall-islands

DEEP PACIFIC PODCAST - DEEP DIVES INTO PACIFIC ISSUEShttp://deeppacific.org/

WORLD BANKhttps://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/sea-level-rise-legal-implications-island-states

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/10/05/legal-implications-of-sea-level-rise-for-small-island-states-explored-in-new-world-bank-study

SPC - THE PACIFIC WAY PODCASThttps://www.spc.int/taxonomy/term/1547

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