Mereseini Rakuita

Principal Strategic Lead (SPC) and Governing Board Chairperson (FP2030)

Pacific Community (SPC)

In her role, Mereseini champions Pacific Community’s work on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls to bring about the transformational changes required to improve the status of women and girls in the Pacific. Mereseini was previously the Fijian Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation (2016-2021) and Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources (2014-2016). She was the first Fijian woman appointed as chair of the Telecommunications Authority of Fiji (2008), Acting Permanent Secretary for Justice and Anti-corruption (2012) and Acting Supervisor of elections. She also served as a State Solicitor for the Office of the Attorney General.

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
06:30 pm EEST	08:00 pm EEST	Equity Means Everyone: Expanding the family planning movement to achieve the SDGs Side Event Kigali Convention Center - Room MH 1.2	FP2030’s side event will show how the movement for voluntary family planning is intrinsically tied to the broader movement for human rights. The rights and equality of Read More FP2030’s side event will show how the movement for voluntary family planning is intrinsically tied to the broader movement for human rights. The rights and equality of LGBTI people, people with disabilities, young people, women, men, and other identities are all interdependent – and it’s time to build a family planning movement that includes us all. Organized by FP2030 Read Less Speakers Mpho Zawadi Mashego Young Leader, South Africa Women Deliver Manty Tarawalli Minister Ministry of Gender and Children's, Sierra Leone Tanzila Khan Entrepreneur Girlythings.pk Diana Rodríguez Franco Secretary of Women's Affairs City Government of Bogotá Mereseini Rakuita Principal Strategic Lead (SPC) and Governing Board Chairperson (FP2030) Pacific Community (SPC) Samukeliso Dube Executive Director FP2030

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