Coming to the Mat

Coming to the Mat

By Dr. Mere Tari SovickSociety & CultureDocumentaryEducationKids & Family
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Coming to the Mat episodes

  • 3. Initial Reactions to COVID-19 told through the lens of two women in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
    Initial Reactions to COVID-19 told through the lens of two women in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
    Dr. Mere Sovick
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    On the 30th of January 2020, WHO declared coronavirus (COVID-19) a global public health emergency. In its early stages, the Covid-19 crisis around the world looked nothing like it is today. The initial state-of-emergency declarations were met by skepticism by both the public, and many in policy circles around the world, which exemplify what behavioral scientists call confirmation bias, until it became a devastating reality. This episode discusses the effects of Covid-19 and the lived experience of a woman in the Solomon Islands and another in Vanuatu.

    Honiara, Solomon Islands

    Port Vila, Vanuatu

    Read more about this episode and see photos on our website.

    0 min
  • 1. How do we do social distancing in the Island Nations of the South Pacific?

    Buka, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

    This 3 episode series is part of Life Changes, our new normal during COVID-19 era, a series of storytelling that will feature real human stories of experiences from everyday ordinary women from all walks of life from the South Pacific - exploring the theme of change - how COVID-19 has changed our lives and how we respond to the changes in the world around us.

    39 min

About Coming to the Mat

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COMING TO THE MAT is a production of Melanesian Women Today, an organization aimed at telling the stories of courageous,ordinary Pacific Island women from all across the South Pacific (Melanesia,…