P A C I F I C W I N
Pacific Regional Focal Point on Migration
Pacific Migrants & Pacific Statelessness & Pacific Diaspora
& Pacific Climate Change Migrants & Pacific Against Trafficking Humans

“People do not know about the women in the villages, at the grassroots level, and women in local communities do not know about the SDGs.

"The only persons who can find them and tell them are their neighbors.”

discussed challenges from the first phase of its work,

The Steering Committee reflected on lessons learned,

such as the need for enhanced internal communications and inclusion of some non-represented regions,

and developed concrete proposals to address the gaps in the current structure of the Coalition

presented their recommendations at the strategy meeting,

plans for a revitalized structure composed of broader regional representation

as well as a rapid response team to issue responses to critical issues.

outlined key differences of its specific mandate from the 1992 Earth Summit from the Coalition's unique feminist movement

highlighted opportunities for greater collaboration between the two groups

for civil society in international, regional, and national processes,

of a profit-driven private sector, presents a significant challenge for all women's and human rights organizations

must work together to enact political and social change

"That is the only way no one will be left behind,” commented Hibaaq Osman