(Fwd) Re: [APWW-Meet] NGO Forum: Convenor's Group Meeting

["Prof. Konai Helu Thaman" <thaman_k@usp.ac.fj>]

Welcome to the APWW-Meet
An announcement list of the Asia Pacific Women Watch network
working for the advancement of the status of women.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------



To Whom It May Concern:

I don't know why I got your message but it is the first time for me to 
learn about your  
upcoming Forum. And I agree,  Pacific women must be included, 
although some 
might have already been invited. 

I suggest that every effort is made to invite Pacific women, 
especially people like 
Hilda Lini (head of the Pacific Resources Centre, based in Suva); 
Shamima Ali of 
the Fiji Crisis Women's Centre; Betty Blake, of the Catholic 
Women's Group in 
Tonga; etc. I also think that the meeting might benefit from the 
views of academic 
women (yes, there are quite a few in the Pacific) who themselves 
are members of 
NGOs but would have a slightly different view of women's issues 
since some of 
them have been able to theorise their own situations and 
contextualise their 
problems, rather than use the well-worn, often irrelevant, models 
developed by 
western, middle class women.  The following people would make 
useful 
contribution: Susana Tuisawau (SG of the Council for Pacific 
Education; Dr. 'Ana 
Taufe'ulungaki, Director of the Institute of Education, University of 
the South Pacific 
(this is NOT a Fiji but a regional institution); Tili Afamasaga, Dean 
of Education, 
National University of Samoa; Dr. Lia Maka, Centre lecturer, USP 
Centre in Tonga; 
Ms Marjorie Crocombe, Rarotonga, Cook Islands; etc.
Let me know if you want some  more names!!!

Best

Konai 



Konai Helu Thaman
Professor of Pacific Education & Culture and UNESCO Chair in 
Teacher Education 
and Culture
University of the South Pacific
Suva, Fiji
Phone (679) 3212357; Fax (679) 3308971
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
The APWW-Meet is hosted by Isis International-Manila for the 
APWW network.
To subscribe, go to http://www.isiswomen.org/apww/list/. To 
unsubscribe,
send an email to majordomo@isiswomen.org and put the line
"unsubscribe apww-meet" in the message body. To post messages, 
send to
apww-meet@isiswomen.org. For inquiries, send to owner-apww-
meet@isiswomen.org.
The list is archived at http://www.isiswomen.org/apww/list/archive/
------- End of forwarded message -------
Konai Helu Thaman
Professor of Pacific Education & Culture and UNESCO Chair in 
Teacher Education and Culture
University of the South Pacific
Suva, Fiji
Phone (679) 3212357; Fax (679) 3308971
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
The APWW-Meet is hosted by Isis International-Manila for the APWW network.
To subscribe, go to http://www.isiswomen.org/apww/list/. To unsubscribe,
send an email to majordomo@isiswomen.org and put the line
"unsubscribe apww-meet" in the message body. To post messages, send to
apww-meet@isiswomen.org. For inquiries, send to owner-apww-meet@isiswomen.org.
The list is archived at http://www.isiswomen.org/apww/list/archive/