Sistas, Let's Talk

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.

Hilda Wayne speaks to a woman who served time behind bars in Fiji and finds out from women offering on-the-ground support what the path to rehabilitation involves.

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?

Throughout the Pacific, sex work is illegal and it's seen as a great sin, but that hasn't stopped many women taking up the oldest profession - and for very different reasons.

Following scenes of corruption, vote stealing and massacres, one woman is determined to see change in PNG politics

Hilda Wayne talks to Pacific Island women about the changing pressures of caring for the elderly .

Some Pacific men are using social media platforms to punch down on Pacific women

West Papuan Rode Wanimbo is a champion for human rights and speaks about the intersections of her culture, her Christianity and her womanhood.

Hilda Wayne talks to Pacific Island women about studying abroad and bringing vital services back to their communities

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

Hilda Wayne talks to Pacific Island women about the lazy men in their lives and how the gendered division of labour contributes to the problem.

Hilda Wayne talks to sexual health experts about the rapid rise of chlamydia in the Pacific.

Hilda Wayne talks to Pacific Island journalists about their experiences reporting in the Pacific region.

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

Hilda Wayne talks to Pacific Island women and gender diverse people about the experience of being LGBTQI in the Pacific region.

Wayne speaks to a woman who served time behind bars in Fiji and finds out from women offering on-the-ground support what the path to rehabilitation involves.

Hilda Wayne speaks to experts and ordinary women about infertility in the Pacific region, and finds out what it’s really like to struggle with fertility in a culture that values big families.

Hilda Wayne hears inspiring and sometimes heartbreaking stories from the frontlines of the Pacific region’s cervical cancer crisis.

Hilda Wayne pens a love letter to her late best friend, Cynthia, and invites women from across the Pacific to share about the special female friends in their lives.

Hilda Wayne hears how Pacific Island women are reclaiming their pre-Christian spiritual traditions.

In the aftermath of Tonga’s volcanic eruption, Hilda Wayne explores the disproportionate impact of natural disasters on women 

Hilda Wayne explores why fewer Pacific Island women are using birth control today.

Hilda Wayne talks to the women demanding to have a seat at the decision-making table in PNG — a country that has only elected seven women to its Parliament since 1975.

Hilda Wayne talks to the Pacific Island women reclaiming their cultural identity and self-esteem in the world of social media.

Hilda Wayne talks to the inspirational women on the frontlines of the fight against HIV in the Pacific region.