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April – June (Newsletter Issue 2)
Halo, Yiu Oraet? We apologies for this newsletters delay, but we are here and proudly Queer! Some of you may know of us, and some of you may have just recently heard of us. To our closest collaborators, Thank You for the work you do. For those of you who do not know...
Brand New Website Launched !
VPride is proud to launch our new website with a fresh new look‼ You can now observe what we do here @ https://www.vpridevanuatu.org/. The redesigned website showcases the core values of Vpride, representing the organization's mission and beliefs. The black...
A Message from PSGDN
Fiji Fijian Member of Parliament Lenora Qereqeretabua, MP is calling on parliamentarians to do their bit to make #Fiji a BETTER and a SAFER place for everyone from the RAINBOW community.Media Release 16-06-22 LGBTQI fight must continue, says Vulavou We must...
Vanuatu CSOs
call for the protection of Human Rights from Climate Change The Universal Declaration of Human Rights promises us certain fundamental human rights to be universally protected. Climate Change is taking these rights away from us in Vanuatu, and away from the vulnerable...
January – March Newsletter Issue 1
Halo, Yiu Oraet? Some of you may know of us, and some of you may have just recently heard of us. To our closest collaborators, Thank You for the work you do. For those of you who do not know of us, we are a Non-Profit, community-based Organization in Vanuatu,...
VPride Retreat 2022
Last week from the 5th of December, VPride and its various members held their annual VPried retreat at Pele Island. The yearly retreat aims to gather the various VPride members that are active in VPride activities to plan the upcoming year and discuss future...
Partner discussion workshop
On the 17th of November VPride conducted a discussion based workshop with afew of the representatives from our partners in Santo. The Workshop was held at The Espiritu, and the lovely staff helped the workshop run smoothly, from start to finish. The workshop was...
VPride SEED Training
On the 16th of November VPride conducted, a partner-developed tool training, by the name of SEED, VPride member Malone Wilson was trained by partner organization OXFAM to conduct SEED pieces of training with the people of the commmunity. With the help of fellow VPride...
Santo Community Youth SOGIE Awareness
VPride had the opportunity to run a SOGIE awareness in collaboration with NCYC ( Northern Care Youth Centre) during a trip to Santo. Facilitated by Coms officer Malone Wilson, the concept of SOGIE was shared with the youths that attended. During the SOGIE awareness,...
Health Care Social Accountability Project Launch
VPride launched its latest booklet titled, Improving Vanuatu SOGIE Inclusive Health Care: A Social Accountability Project. In Vanuatu and the Pacific region, there are very few resources to address SOGIE inequities in health care. Research is very limited in this...
SOGIE workshop with Law Enforcement
On the 8th of September VPride was proud to hold its first SOGIE workshop with a few members of law enforcement. The workshop was very constructive and saw a lot of in-depth discussions on how VPride and law enforcement could work together more closely in the future.
World Sexual Health Day ( 4th Sep)
In looking at this years 'World Sexual Health Day' , we asked a few of our key Youth Advocates on what they would like to shed light on and here is a few words from a change-maker; SRHR Youth Advocate! 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗺 is one of our youth advocates who was selected to...
World Sexual Health Day (4th Sep)
Yesterday was 'World Sexual Health Day' and in light of the world event, we asked a few of our key Youth Advocates on what they would like to shed light on and here is a few words from a fantastic Youth Advocate! 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 is one of our renowned advocater who...
VPride aids in Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Project.
VPride is aiding a student of the Northumbria University in the UK with their MCs dissertation titled Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: A Needs-based Approach for Exploring Post Disaster Needs of LGBTQ+ Community in the Pacific. In order to aid the student we urge...
Vanuatu college of nursing education SOGIE Awareness
VPride was privileged to run a mini SOGIE awareness to the wonderful staff at the Vanuatu College of Nursing Education. The awareness served to share base information around SOGIE as to emphasize the importance of its implementation and how or why it should be so. One...