Having time off after giving birth not only gives new mums time to physically recover and bond with their baby, but it has significant health, economic and community impacts.

This week's episode of Sistas, Let's Talk is a repeat of the show broadcast on 27th February 2025

Our Pacific cultures are based on the community – and when it comes to meting out justice, customary law is often recognised within the legal system.

This is where the whole family or village takes collective responsibility for an offender's actions and seeks to right the wrong directly with the victim and the victim's family.

In fact, it's from these traditions that restorative justice has grown and is now successfully adopted across many parts of the western world.

But what happens when it's a violent offence against an individual? And in particular women and children who often don't have a voice?

Sistas, Let's Talk explores customary law and asks whether it's appropriate for dealing with sexual and gender-based violence.

This week's episode of Sistas, Let's Talk is a repeat of the show broadcast on the 8th August 2024

Are more and more Pacific women getting off the sidelines and into the game? What drives them? How is sport an escape from the challenges they face as women? How important is it for girls in the Pacific to get involved in sport? We meet women from a range of countries, clubs and initiatives to learn about the opportunities created by sport, the barriers women and girls face in participation and the success stories from the grassroots to the world stage.  

This week's episode of Sistas, Let's Talk is a repeat of the show broadcast on the 31st August 2023

The urohs – a skirt with intricate embroidery – has cultural and economic significance to the women of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.

This passion is shared by many of us women across the Pacific, whether it's a mu'u mu'u, a meri blouse, a puletasi or an island dress.

This clothing was introduced by missionaries for so-called modesty, but since then women have embraced it and made it their own.

But as our fashion industry grows, so do the threats.

Mass production overseas is creating a new challenge for the urohs, while other parts of the Pacific face the theft of motifs and icons.

How do we protect this fashion that's become part of our culture?

Hear from Dr Emelihter Kihleng, who did her PhD dissertation on the Pohnpei skirt and her first published collection of poems is entitled Urohs.

This week's episode of Sistas, Let's Talk is a repeat of the show broadcast on the 1st August 2024

The Pacific region, has some of the highest rates of gender-based abuse in the world.

Far too many women suffer physical and sexual violence at the hands of a family member or a former spouse.

But domestic abuse is not just physical. It can come in the form of emotional abuse — like controlling behaviour, isolation, and insults intended to damage a woman's state of mind.

This week on Sistas Let's Talk, Natasha Meten speaks to survivor and advocate Alicia Sahib, human rights defender Anne Pakoa and Renata Netaf from the Bible Society of the South Pacific.

This week's episode of Sistas, Let's Talk is a repeat of the show broadcast on14th November 2024

Grandmothers are not only a great source of wisdom and traditional knowledge, they also play a nurturing and vital role in our lives.

This week's episode of Sistas, Let's Talk is a repeat of the show broadcast on 6th February 2025

When the only social security available is the extended family, women can be left financially vulnerable with the death or divorce of their husband. 

This week's episode of Sistas, Let's Talk is a repeat of the show broadcast on 16th November 2022

While the film industry is notoriously difficult for women and people of colour to break into, there are female filmmakers from the Pacific using the medium to tell important and beautiful Pacific stories.

This week's episode of Sistas, Let's Talk is a repeat of the show broadcast on 16th January 2025

Most women suffer from period pain, but the majority simply push through it. How different would women’s lives be if they gave period pain the care and treatment it deserves. 

This week's episode of Sistas, Let's Talk is a repeat of the show broadcast on 7th September 2023

In the Marshall Islands, a baby turning one is a big celebration. It’s known as the kemem. The occasion is usually marked with a big gathering with lots of food and entertainment, perhaps a live band or a DJ along with traditional singing. There can be themes, rides and t-shirts bearing the baby’s face plus gifts for all the guests. But this tradition comes from an important place. Sistas, Let’s Talk learns about the customs and history when it comes to the kemem as well as post-partum practices of Marshallese women.   

This week's episode of Sistas, Let's Talk is a repeat of the show broadcast on 12th October 2023