Born Leaders: Supporting Women Matai in Samoa

In Samoa, each family has its own matai title holders, which are leadership or chiefly titles. This provides a unique opportunity for women’s empowerment and leadership initiatives in Samoa to support women matai to strengthen their leadership skills. Pacific Women is supporting the Women in Leadership in Samoa project to improve the leadership abilities of young people, including new matai and young women. The project is a joint initiative between UN Women and UNDP, in partnership with the Government of Samoa and Pacific Women and with support from local partner organisations.