Transcend Oceania

In collaboration with tue Shifting the Power Coalition this week.

Up to 50 Women & women with disabilities and of all diversity gathered at @ Ramada conference room, Vanuatu 🇻🇺 for the Shifting the Power Coalition - Annual Gathering. Continuing the journey that was founded in 2016 after TC Pam in Vanuatu and TC Winston in Fiji, when the Pacific realized greater impacts in Climate Change, founded in peacebuilding, humanitarian and protection of women and girls in changing environment, founded in solidarity by some of the organizations in the room”, says Carolyn Kitione, Acting Regional Coordinator StPC in her opening remarks this morning.
“Our intention is to strengthen our intersectional and intergenerational approach and so this week, we will reconnect, reaffirm and strategize our way forward in this next phase of the coalition.” Reaffirmed by Ms Kitione
Coalition members represented in the room are: Talitha Project Tonga, Vois Blong Mere & YWCA Solomon Is, Nazareth Center for Rehabilitation Bougainville, Bougainville Women’s Federations, Pacific Disability Forum, Vanuatu Disability Forum, Fiji Disable People’s Federation, Women Tok Tok Togeta Vanuatu, WTTT Sunhine, Vanuatu Young Women for Change, Transcend Oceania, Action Aid Vanuatu, Hous K*k PNG, Acrion Aid Australia and representatives from the GPPAC Pacific Partners.
Opening the way in the talanoa panels circles are the presentations from the Pacific Disability Forum, presenting key learning messages for integral human security essentials that’s specifically addresses various impairments plus barriers including attitudinal, communication and Institutional barriers that affects and contributes to discriminations that affects persons disabilities and important factors to Conflict prevention, Women’s protection and WPS for women in the Pacific

Transcend Oceania congratulate the successful opening of the Shifting the Power Coalition and gathering members hosted in Vanuatu this week

Talanoa Day of Peace with Transxend Oceania - Mediating a Culture of Peace from Rosa Moiwend (PANG / Pacific Women’s Mediators Network Vinaka Vakalevu

Transcend Oceania - International Day of Peace 2024 The panel of speakers addresses: Rosa Moiwend, "Mediating a Culture of Peace & Non Violence

Happy International Day of Peace,
Local Theme: Mediating a Culture of Justpeace and Non Violence”
Transcend Oceania congratulates representatives of Peacebuilding organizations, network members, stakeholders & Peace practitioners for the Peace Talanoa solidarity to commemorate, join hands storytell, share knowledge, experiences, and mediation approaches within the work of Peacebuilding. With thanks to representatives from CSO’s PANG - Pacific Network on Globalisation, PCC - Pacific Conference of Churches, CR - Conciliation Resources, Youth leaders OPI Alumni’s, Methodist church, and TO Board of Governors.
“Mediating a Culture of Justpeace, as Peacebuilders and to enable this we need to create movements, to meaningfully make decisions and create opportunities, With West Papua when the violence and the fighting started we were without phones and technology, we managed to create the movements without phone, we got around and continued to mobilize, says Rosa Moiwend (PANG) and a member of the Pacific Women’s Mediators during our IDP - Peace Talanoa today.
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* Made possible with the support of GPPAC Pacific

The Oceania Peacebuilding Institute opens opportunities for creativity and inspirational arts and cultural approaches to peacebuilding. Sharing of songs, music, dances our narratives and our stories that speaks of the

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The Oceania Peacebuilding Institute 2024 ended on a higher note with the certificates graduation for the 41 participants, at the end of the week and the classes of the three courses - 1) Climate Change & Peacebuilding 2) Arts Culture & Peacebuilding, 3) Gender Security & Peacebuilding.
With sincere gratitude to the support and presence of our Fr Frank H***e, a Roman Catholic Columban Priest - Psychologist, educator and formator of seminarians, Board of Governors member Transcend Oceania and a true Peacebuilder making himself available to take up the role
Of Guest of honor and acknowledge our local efforts in building a community of Practice, custodians of the land Vanua and Peacebuilders, “the builders of the Ocean of Peace”
At his closing address Fr Frank reiterate, “You have completed the foundation courses on week one “Fundamentals of Peacebuilding and the Introductions to Conflict Transformation and this week you have also completed the different areas of your choice “Climate Change & Peacebuilding, Arts Culture & Peacebuilding” and “Gender Security & Peacebuilding, and with this, it is Important to set your plans and continue to study and develop your work of Peacebuilding, so that you can continue to tell your stories, share and learn from each other that you may strengthen and expand through learning and practice is important. For this we share appreciation to those that help fund and resource the OPI, with thanks to the UK ISF and Aid Australia, with their contributions, the OPI has progressed and successfully developed, that we have participants from parts of the Pacific Islands- from Vanuatu, Solomon Is, PNG Bougainville, Australia, the Kingdom of Tonga and offcourse Fiji,” highlighted Fr Frank at the closing ceremony.
Vinaka Saka Vakalevu

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The Inaugural- Gender Security & Peacebuilding course offered the new class that was launched at the OPI 2024, led by one of our renowned Pasifika women doctorate in Gender Development & Healthy Masculinity Dr Mercy Masta, Co-facilitated by Adi Litia Nailatikau. The class set an innovative safe and creative approach to exploring the challenges and opportunities in the role of Gender Security in Peacebuilding.
“I remember during the Bougainville crisis, we did not have any classes to last until midday, if we heard gunshots our classes were over for the day. And I have skipped classes during primary school because of the crisis.
So having the opportunity to return to these learning about PEACEbuilding with full-feeling for me. Even though the crisis was over, it is still raw in our hearts. But now exposed in these courses, I can talk about the bougainville crisis without feeling sad or upset. I am going home soon I carry with me the lessons I have learned here with Transcend Oceania.
I can say, I am equipped with the tools and knowledge to help build positive change in my community.
The principles of conflict resolution dialogue and reconciliation, taking into account the role of gender peace and security that I have learned here will help me make changes for peace in my community.
Today, I know I am a peacebuilder
My journey does not end here. It is just beginning!! Take back everything I have learned here, and contribute to the peacebuilding in my community.
As I leave I carry with me the torch of Peacebuilding from OPI back to Bougainville.” Vinaka Vaka levu
From Terence Tumae, Bougainville.
OPI 2024 thanks Mr Josh Kemp for his presence in one of the sessions and his team members from British High com, joining other classes, with huge vinaka vakalevu acknowledging the support of the UK ISF funds.
Thanks also to Action Aid Australia for their support and all other self-funded organizations that supported the participation of their members.

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The Oceania Peacebuilding Institute week two was opened this morning with the launch of the ira new and third class the “Gender Peace and Security”. The course runs in parallel with the two “Arts Culture & Peacebuilding” and Climate Change and Peacebuilding.
The three classes will end with a closing on Friday 6th September 2024.
With thanks to the support of Action Aid Australia & UK ISF / CR & Transcend Oceania

The Oceania Peacebuilding Institute OPI 2024 Week One ended on a high note on Friday 30th with the presence, and support of Josh Kemp, from the UK Integrated Security Fund; [Head of the UKISF]. Transcend Oceania the host of OPI, we congratulate the availability of Mr Josh to present and honor the 46 participants with the certifications from the classes, the "Fundamentals of Peacebuilding, and the Introduction to Conflict Transformation.
This week we look forward to the launching of the new classes, and we will roll the support. Gender Security and Peacebuilding, Climate Change and Peacebuilding, and Arts Culture and Peacebuilding this week
With thanks to the support of the UK ISF and Action Aid Australia for resources and encouragement that had brought together a large number from within the Pacific Island this year.

Oceania Peacebuilding Institute Symposium! “Harnessing Justpeace Culture, Knowledge and Practices.