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The world is changing at a rapid pace and the younger you are, the easier it is to keep up with those changes. But when you are a young woman in the modern world, how do you protect your Pacific roots?

A woman is beaten every 30 seconds in Papua New Guinea, and more than 1.5 million people experience gender-based violence in the country each year.

Financial literacy is something many of us grapple with, but meet the Pacific women meeting this head on and changing their lives  

In order to get locals to appreciate the need for conservation, Yolarnie Amepou had to learn their language and appreciate and respect the diversity of the region.  

Type 2 diabetes is one of the biggest health issues facing people in the Pacific, and the World Health Organisation suggests women may be the key to stopping it. But does this place yet another burden on them?

Bringing a baby into the world is meant to be a joyous occasion but imagine going through this during a natural disaster. With the impacts of climate change, more pregnant women and newborns will be affected.

Hilda Wayne talks to Pacific Island women who are the eldest sister in their family about the challenges and rewards of this unique role.

Not too long ago, a clip from an Australian podcast went on viral on TikTok when a prominent personality used his platform to make fun of Pacific women. The fallout was swift. Women from around the globe have started calling out a growing number of Pacific men who go on social media to denigrate Pacific women. This week, Hilda Wayne finds out why there are some men who are happy to punch down on w...

Storytelling is woven deep into the Pacific cultural fabric, passed down from one generation to another for thousands of years. But it's facing a very modern threat.

The Bull sisters shot to fame when they joined Australian music group The Black Sorrows, but their musical interest began in the Tongan church. 

Putting pen to paper to create a manuscript can be easy, but the process of turning that into a published book can be the complete opposite.  

The Black Sistaz were born without a state when their parents fled West Papua for the Netherlands, and now they use music to speak out against Indonesian rule 

While HIV is easily treated and no longer a death sentence, Fiji is seeing a rapid rise in infections 

Hilda Wayne talks to Pacific Island women about what it is really like to live with disability

When the only social security available is the extended family, women can be left financially vulnerable with the death or divorce of their husband. 

With lifestyle diseases due to poor diets and gradual loss of traditional food in the Pacific, Jennifer Baing has been championing the revival of traditional Pacific culinary.  

What are some of the challenges women musicians in the Pacific face when trying to pursue music as a career and how do they overcome these to do what they love: sing and make music? 

What stops a woman from leaving her cheating partner? Forgiveness? Love? Or is it more about finances, stigma and community expectations?   

Babies can be a joy, and family means a lot to our Pacific culture, but each year, tens of thousands of women in the Pacific face the difficult choices that come with an unplanned pregnancy. 

Losing a loved one is one of life's most traumatic experiences, and specific rituals have evolved over time to help ease that pain.

Women have long been acting as conservationists, but many feel powerless to take it to the next level because the power of change still rests with men. 

Women are increasingly becoming targets in sorcery accusation-related violence, and one woman has made it her life's mission to stamp it out. 

Studies show many western women are drinking too much. In some cases, they now drink as much as men. But is this also the case in the Pacific?

Bringing a baby into the world is meant to be a joyous occasion but imagine going through this during a natural disaster. With the impacts of climate change, more pregnant women and newborns will be affected.

When women haven't been able to finish school, the impacts of illiteracy are enormous and affects the entire family's health and wellbeing. But a growing number are taking adult classes and their transformation is mindblowing.