The 2025 Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders Meeting (PIFWLM) will take place from 22 to 25 July 2025 in Suva, bringing together eighteen (18) member countries to reflect on progress and accelerate collective action on the commitments set out in the revitalised Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration (revitalised PLGED).
Held annually since 2022, the PIFWLM continues to serve as a key platform to advance gender equality and social inclusion, in direct alignment to the vision and implementation of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent.
The meeting will be chaired by the Minister of Internal Affairs for Tonga, Sinaitakala Tu’itahi.
Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa highlighted the significance of the meeting, “This is more than just a meeting. It is a moment to affirm our collective resolve to embed gender equality and social inclusion at the heart of Pacific political leadership and regional cooperation.”
The 2025 PIFWLM Week will feature high-level engagements including ministerial dialogues, strategic Talanoa sessions, and multi-stakeholder conversions with civil society, and Pacific youth. The conversations will span key themes such as inclusive governance, gender-responsive leadership and the role of women in peace.
The formal two-day meeting of Women Leaders will commence on 24 July, concluding with a press conference on 25 July to share key outcomes and decisions.
The PIF Women Leaders Meeting forms part of ongoing efforts to strengthen inclusive leadership and policy development across the Forum regional architecture, with the support of agencies of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP) and development partners.
