Vinaka Vakalevu to all the Pasifika ladies and girls that attended the Safe and Strong Pasifika women event at Clayton in Saturday. The event' purpose was to:
• foster community engagement in celebrating and supporting Victorian women
• model, celebrate and promote gender equality by challenging gender stereotypes, gender roles and prejudice
• support women to achieve good physical and mental health
It was great to see women and girls from Fiji, Samoa, PNG, Nauru, Niue, NZ, West Papua, Cook Islands and India.
Thank you to the speakers Letitia Shelton, Ana Thomas from Mana Fitness Solutions and Emma Kamupala, President of Niue Community Council of Victoria Inc and owner of Umu Chef.
MC Marie Pewhairangi kept the night entertaining with an ice-breaker from Laughter Clubs Victoria Inc.
This event was supported by the Department of Women, Victorian State Government and the Scanlon Foundation.
