The Australia Awards Women Leading and Influencing (WLI) has welcomed 29 successful and emerging Pacific women leaders to join the prestigious Women’s Development Leadership Program in 2023.
These applicants hail from seven Pacific Island countries which are Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. They are Australia Awards scholars who demonstrate outstanding leadership potential.
Through the program, each participant will be supported to develop their own leadership style, build key leadership skills and behaviours, and develop regional and country-based networks to help drive positive development change in the Pacific.
The number of Women’s Developmental Leadership Program participants for 2023 in each Pacific Island Country are:
Fiji – 9 in Bachelor of Psychological Science (The University of South Australia), Master of Midwifery (Charles Darwin University), Master of Governance and Public Policy (The University of Queensland), Master of Public Policy (The Australian National University), Master of Nursing Science (The University of Adelaide), Master of Environmental Engineering (Griffith University), Master of Laws (The University of Melbourne), Master of Food Science (The University of Melbourne), and Master of Midwifery Studies (The University of Newcastle).
Kiribati – 1 in Master of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
Nauru – 1 in Bachelor of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology
Solomon Islands – 2 in Bachelors of Arts and Social Science (The University of Queensland) and Master of Public Health (The Australian National University)
Vanuatu – 3 in Bachelor of Business (Victoria University), Master of Public Health; Master of Business Administration (James Cook University) and Bachelor of International Relations and Political Science; Bachelor of Business Management (International Business) at Flinders University
Tuvalu – 1 in Master of Law and Development, The University of Melbourne
PNG has 12 applicants and among these inspiring women is Teisi Kalamo who works as a GESI Coordinator at the Department of Justice and Attorney General. She will be taking up Master of Applied Anthropology and Development at The Australian National University.
PNG’s 12 will each take up:
- Master of International Community Development, Victoria University
- Master of Information Systems, Central Queensland University
- PhD, Health Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
- PhD, Education, Victoria University
- Master of Public Health; Master of Business Administration, James Cook University
- Master of Disability Policy and Practice, Flinders University
- Master of Midwifery, The University of Newcastle
- Master of Global Health; Master of Health Leadership and Management, The University of New South Wales
- Bachelor of Human Services, Queensland University of Technology
- Bachelor of Sport Management, Victoria University
- Master of Public Health, James Cook University.