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Four staunch members of the Mataginifale Women's Group at the USP-EU GCCA Climate Change Adaptation Workshop

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Manage No	PI00000252
Country	Niue

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DI00000267 MATAGINIFALE WOMEN’S GROUP: SAFEGUARDING CULTURAL HERITAGE IN NIUE
Mataginifale Women’s Group (MWG) was established in Avatele in the 1980s. Originally named Avatele Women’s Group, its members decided to change its name in the 1990s to better reflect the unique status of women. Mataginifale was a female warrior from Avatele born around 700 CE and was a great weaver that created local tapa cloth called hiapo.

Birtha Togahai Director, Department of Education Loseligipepe Siakimotu Director, Mataginifale Women’s Group 2017