Sistas, Let's Talk Radio Australia

All over the world, dating apps have changed the way people get together, but is that happening in the Pacific?

Or are there just too many logistical and cultural barriers for online dating to take hold in the region?

When Natasha Yalo, a woman from Papua New Guinea living in Cairns, went looking for love on a dating app she found it hard to meet men from her culture.

So she decided to try creating her own app especially for people from PNG.

This edition of Sista's Let's Talk was a repeat of the program broadcast on 15th June 2023

Casting a light-skinned woman to play a brown character in a Disney movie is one version of colourism, but in the Pacific it's just the tip of the iceberg.

Polynesian voices have managed to find their way to the mainstream - even though it is still problematic - but has that been at the expense of people from the Melanesian and Micronesian regions?

Surely there's space for all of us to represent and tell our stories.

More than ninety-five per cent of the popular music made in the last decade was produced by men.

That's according to a 2022 study from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative in the United States. So where are all of the talented women in the music industry? 

What does it take to break through and gain recognition, not to mention earn a living as a woman in the music industry? Especially in the Pacific where it's already so hard to gain global recognition. 

Sistas Let's Talk examines the ways that the gender imbalance in the music industry is being addressed.

Among the many treasures of Samoan tradition is the Tuiga, a ceremonial headdress which symbolises power, prestige, and cultural identity.

For centuries they were worn by chiefs and high-ranking men and women during important ceremonies, battles and celebrations.

There has been a cultural shift, with the Tuiga now being repositioned as a dance-oriented adornment.

But this has not changed how culturally significant it is for Samoans.

This edition of Sista's Let's Talk was a repeat of the program broadcast on 17th May 2023

Women now make up almost half of the Anglican Diocese of Polynesia since the church began ordaining women in the 1970s.  

This edition of Sista's Let's Talk was a repeat of the program broadcast on 10th August 2022

Throughout the Pacific, sex work is illegal and it's seen as a great sin, but that hasn't stopped many women taking up the oldest profession - and for very different reasons.