𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏.𝐀.𝐂.𝐈.𝐅.𝐈.𝐂.𝐀 𝐈𝐧𝐜. (𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 (𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧) 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐥).

The Hon. Minister was graced by a visit from PACIFICA Inc on the second day of CSW in New York. The PACIFICA Inc is a network of Pacific Women NGOs in New Zealand which serves the Pacific Community through women empowerment programs. The purpose of the meeting was to share and discuss areas of common interest for collaboration in order to support our Pacific women and communities in New Zealand as well as in Samoa. Some of the key areas highlighted included support for women in labour mobility scheme, child protection issues pertaining to children adopted to families in New Zealand, economic empowerment through small businesses for Pacific women and others.