Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association

In 1928, in Honolulu, a group of women with international concerns, hoping to promote peace through understanding and friendship, convened to establish the Pan Pacific Women’s Association. In 1955, the name was changed to Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association to more accurately reflect the organisation’s expanding area of interest.

At this first International Conference the primary focus was the exchange of experiences relating to national problem areas for women and children in and around the Pacific. Since 1930, international conferences have been held approximately every three years, bringing women together for meetings, lectures, workshops, and cultural programmes concerned with women, families and the promotion of peaceful lives for all.

[Official website: http://www.ppseawa.org/about-ppseawa]