Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki

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‘Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki is the Director of the Women and Children’s Centre in Tonga. She is also multi-media strategist and an emerging award-winning filmmaker. Her short film THE BLACK PEN was an official selection for the Hawaii International Film Festival 2017 and has been used as an educational resource for gender-based violence workshops around the globe. Her feature film VAI, a collaboration with eight other Pacific Island female Directors, which was an official selection at multiple film festivals and won Best International Feature Film Narrative at the Roxbury Film Awards in 2019._x000D_

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

DAY 2

20 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

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
10:30 am EEST	12:00 pm EEST	Pacific feminists: navigating bodily autonomy, GBV and the climate crisis Concurrent Room MH 1-1	The Pacific has some of the highest rates of VAWG globally (2 in 3 women) alongside being on the frontlines of climate crisis with some of the lowest rates of women’s Read More The Pacific has some of the highest rates of VAWG globally (2 in 3 women) alongside being on the frontlines of climate crisis with some of the lowest rates of women’s political participation and SRH indicators. The session will (1) articulate the interconnectedness of our issues, (2) forward thought partnership on feminist solutions and (3) encourage increased solidarity and collective voice. The session’s speakers bring together diverse voices from the Pacific’s feminist movements to share reflections on movement building, the impact of siloed and Global North driven aid models, the accumulated impact of multiple crises on the status of diverse women and girls and Pacific-led solutions. The session will be an open dialogue with participants to unpack what is required to advance this agenda, deepen movement building and elevate Global Majority leadership to narrate the story and determine the solutions. Session format: Thought Leadership Organized by DIVA for Equality, Tonga Women and Children’s Crisis Center, Sista, UN Women Read Less Speakers Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki - - Shazia Usman Communications Specialist / Storyteller / Writer UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office / Stories of Girls Resistance Yasmine Bjornum Executive Director and Founder Sista Noelene Nabulivou Executive Director Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality

Speakers

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