The 3rd Pacific Feminist Forum took place from 8-10 May 2023 in Pacific Harbour, Fiji.
The Forum brought together over 150 feminists in all our diversity1 from 17 Pacific countries that
are part of the Global Majority, and including Australia, New Zealand and other observers. The
forum took place against a backdrop of closing civil and organising space for women and girls in
all their diversities. There is global and local backlash against human rights and dignity, gender
justice and women’s human rights. There are attempts by right-wing and fundamentalist
movements working for increased patriarchal control and denial of bodily autonomy. There is a
profound shift in the current social, economic, ecological and climate landscape. The situation is
dire as economic and non-economic loss and damage rises in the Pacific region and globally,
but the political will is not yet enough to make the change we need to protect ourselves, other
species and the living Planet. We will work to change this for ourselves and all the generations
coming after us.