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Pacific Women Leaders: Lina Chang

By Gail Brown. For the next blog post in the Pacific Women Leaders series, I met with Lina Chang. Lina Chang has earned the title of “Mamma” after helping more than 500 children throughout Samoa. In 2005, Chang opened the Samoa Victim Support Group (SVSG) which remains Samoa’s only support organization for children who are abused, abandoned, or ... Read More»

By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 16 October, 2019 | Categories: News, Pacific Women | Tags: #PacificWomen, Gail Brown, Lina Chang, Pacific Women Leaders, PWL, Samoa Victim Support Group, SVSG, UNICEF

Pacific Women Leaders: Ilalegagana Kenesareta Moananu

By Gail Brown. For the next blog post in the Pacific Women Leaders series, I met with Ilalegagana Kenesareta Moananu. As Samoa’s first woman to become a sea captain, Ilalegagana Kenesareta Moananu knows how to push boundaries. She is the first female captain working for Samoa Shipping Corporation Limited, and she’s constantly advocating for more women to join ... Read More»

By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 29 August, 2019 | Categories: News, Pacific Women | Tags: Ilalegagana Kenesareta Moananu, Pacific Women Leaders, PWL, Samoa Shipping Maritime Academy, SSMA

Pacific Women Leaders: Vania Wolfgramm

By Gail Brown. For the next blog post in the Pacific Women Leaders series, I met with Vania Wolfgramm. Vania is a former rugby player for the famous Black Ferns. She loves the sport. Now, as the Women’s Rugby Development Manager at New Zealand Rugby (NZR), her job is to share her passion for rugby with other young ... Read More»

By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 31 January, 2019 | Categories: Former Ambassadors, News, Pacific Women, Sports Diplomacy | Tags: Black Ferns, Gail Brown, New Zealand Rugby, Pacific Women Leaders, PWL, Rugby, Vania Wolfgramm

Pacific Women Leaders: Sera Tapu-Ta’ala

By Gail Brown, wife of US Ambassador Scott Brown. For the next blog in the Pacific Women Leaders series, I met with Sera Tapu-Ta’ala, a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Kenepuru Hospital in Porirua. No one understands the serious health problem that diabetes inflicts on Pacific people better than Sera Tapu Ta’ala. As a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Kenepuru ... Read More»

By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 17 August, 2018 | Categories: News, Pacific Women | Tags: Clinical Nurse Specialist, PWL, Sera Tapu Ta’ala

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