Doris Tulifau

Founder and Director

Brown Girl Woke

Doris Tulifau is a survivor, educator, activist and organiser. She founded the Brown Girl Woke young feminist not-for-profit in 2014 in California and in Samoa 2018, which recruits, trains and educates youth leaders on critical issues happening in Samoa by running consistent weekly programs. She is a speaker on her childhood sexual abuse and domestic violence and has built conferences from California, Hawaii, Samoa, and American Samoa allowing youth to use their voices to speak up about trauma they are facing. She also has local TV show for youth to speak about taboo issues and radio show once a week.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
04:30 pm EEST	06:00 pm EEST	Regional Solidarity and Intersectional Gender Justice: Lessons from the Oceanic-Pacific Regional Convening Concurrent Room MH 2-2	Drawing on outcomes from the first-ever Women Deliver Oceanic-Pacific Regional Convening, this session showcases our journey to and the power of regional feminist Read More Drawing on outcomes from the first-ever Women Deliver Oceanic-Pacific Regional Convening, this session showcases our journey to and the power of regional feminist solidarity in tackling complex gender equality issues. What binds us together? What challenges us? How do we share power? By bringing the knowledge and lived experience of gender equality actors from diverse sectors to the fore, we take charge of our narrative as global feminist leaders in intersectional gender justice, particularly on Indigenous solidarity, climate action, decolonisation, resource mobilisation and grassroots to global movement building. We know the problems and we have solutions – are you ready to hear us? Session format: Thought Leadership, Storytelling and Whole System in a Room Organized by Oceanic Pacific Regional Committee Read Less Speakers Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki - - The Hon. Natalie Hutchins, MP Minister for Women Victorian Government, Australia Sonia Rastogi Technical Specialist UN Women Multi-Country Office Sally Hasler Director Office for Women, State Government of Victoria Lasarusa (Kirah) Seru Program Assistant Rainbow Pride Doris Tulifau Founder and Director Brown Girl Woke Bettina Baldeschi CEO International Women’s Development Agency Aatika Patel Women Deliver Youth Leader Alumni (Fiji) Oceanic Pacific Regional Committee Mereseini Rakuita Principal Strategic Lead (SPC) and Governing Board Chairperson (FP2030) Pacific Community (SPC) Yasmine Bjornum Executive Director and Founder Sista Noelene Nabulivou Executive Director Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality Nalini Singh Executive Director Fiji Women’s Rights Movement