Stage set for 4th Pacific Feminist Forum
16/09/2026
Feminists, women's human rights defenders and activists from across the Pacific region are set to gather in Fiji next week (21st – 24th September, 2026) for the 4th Pacific Feminist Forum (PFF) - the largest feminist convening of its kind in the region.
Under the theme “Feminist Futures, Just Pacific,” the forum will bring together more than 140 representatives from across the Pacific, including intersectional women, girls, and gender-diverse people from diverse movements of women and human rights, disability inclusion, PIDSOGIESC, LGBTQIA+, youth development, and climate justice.
The 4th PFF will also commemorate and celebrate with the nine countries that organised their own National Feminist Forums.
The 3-day forum features a running theme for each day with workshops, plenaries and talanoa sessions designed to amplify the voices and lived realities of diverse Pacific women and girls.
The programme includes:
- A welcome dinner and solidarity night celebrating Pacific diversity;
- Tributes to four powerful Pacific women's human rights defenders;
- Highlights from the nine National Feminist Forums;
- Closed plenaries for deep feminist dialogue on a wide range of topics including Pacific feminist resistance in the polycrisis, intergenerational feminist leadership, sexual reproductive health and rights, faith, culture and bodily autonomy and more;
- Information booths and market spaces showcasing various cultural items.
Regional Representation
Participants will come from 21 countries across Oceania including Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
The 4th PFF is organised by the Regional Working Group which comprises of the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement, Voice for Change – Jiwaka (PNG), SISTA (Vanuatu), femLINKPacific, Brown Girl Woke (Samoa), Diverse Voices Action (DIVA) for Equality Fiji, ILGA Oceania, FATULEI Association (Tuvalu), Pacific Disability Forum, and the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) in partnership with the Australian Government.
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The 4th Pacific Feminist Forum is supported by the Australian Government through the We Rise Coalition, in partnership with International Women’s Development Agency, Pacific Women Lead at Pacific-Community-SPC, Women’s Fund Fiji, UN Women Pacific, UNFPA Pacific, and the Pacific Feminist Fund.