Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls, tours the Australia Pacific Technical College during her trip to Samoa, 4 June 2015.

Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls, tours the Australia Pacific Technical College during her trip to Samoa, 4 June 2015.

(L-R) Rosemary Mckay, Deputy Head of Mission, Australian High Commission; Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls; and Lizbeth Cullity, UNDP. Apia, 4 June 2015.

(L-R)Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls; Samoan Minister for Courts & Justice Fiame Mataafa; and High Commissioner Sue Langford. Apia, 4 June 2015.

(L-R) High Commissioner Sue Langford; Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja; Minister for Women, Community and Social Development, Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiataua; and Fuimapoao Naea Beth Onesemo Tuilaepa
CEO Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development. Apia, 4 June 2015.

Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Finance Minister
Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi with the Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja. Apia, 4 June 2015.

Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja meets with a coalition of Samoan women mobilising to support women standing for elections in April 2016. Apia, 4 June 2015.

Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja meets with Police Commissioner Egon Keil of the Samoa Police Service. Apia, 4 June 2015.

Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja with members of the Domestic Violence Unit, Samoa Police Service. The all-terrain vehicle used to reach remote locations was funded by the Samoa-Australia Police Partnership. Apia, 4 June 2015.

Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, visits Vaivase Primary School, Apia, 5 June 2015. The school was badly damaged when Tropical Cyclone Evan hit Samoa on 13 December 2012 and rebuilt with Australia aid.

Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, visits Vaivase Primary School, Apia 5 June 2015. Vaivase Primary School is one of the recipients of the Australian supported Samoa School Fee Grant Scheme. The program aims to improve the quality (access and learning outcomes) of education in Samoa.

Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, visits Vaivase Primary School where the National Rugby League School Development Program is working to increase girls’ involvement in sport. Apia, 5 June 2015.

Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, during a guided tour of Women in Business Development Incorporated’s coconut processing facility, Apia, 5 June 2015.

Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja meets with the Women’s Entrepreneurship Network (WEN), Apia, 5 June 2015. WEN was successfully launched in Samoa in March 2015 after Samoa supported ten women to attend the Australian sponsored second Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO) Women in Business conference in Nadi on 26 November 2014.