Join us for a #GalswithLEI Global event on September 29

Hear from women activists and advocates as they discuss reproductive rights and the pervasiveness of gender-based harassment and violence globally in this panel discussion.

Pacific Leaders Address Regional Issues at 12th Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders

The 12th PICL concluded after three days of dialogues, plenary sessions, meetings, and side events discussing key regional priorities identified by Pacific leaders at their last summit.

Launch of Taiwan Matters for America / America Matters for Taiwan

The East-West Center has officially launched a new publication and website featuring infographics, data, and analysis on US-Taiwan connections and cooperation across the United States.

Join us for a #GalswithLEI Global event on September 29

Hear from women activists and advocates as they discuss reproductive rights and the pervasiveness of gender-based harassment and violence globally in this panel discussion. ...more...
Pacific Leaders Address Regional Issues at 12th Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders

The 12th PICL concluded after three days of dialogues, plenary sessions, meetings, and side events discussing key regional priorities identified by Pacific leaders at their last summit. ...more...
Launch of Taiwan Matters for America / America Matters for Taiwan

The East-West Center has officially launched a new publication and website featuring infographics, data, and analysis on US-Taiwan connections and cooperation across the United States. ...more...

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Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders to Convene in Honolulu

The Pacific Islands Development Program at the East-West Center will convene “Puʻuhonua: The Pacific Way Forward,” the 12th Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL), September 12-14, 2022. ...more...

EWC Partners on Pilot Project to Support Smart and Resilient Agriculture in Hawaiʻi

Representatives from NOAA and Keaukaha Panaʻewa Farmers Association affirm partnership through site blessing of the pilot project. Photo:Keʻala Lucero, Co-Creative Studios — Representatives from NOAA and Keaukaha Panaʻewa Farmers Association affirm partnership through site blessing of the pilot project. Photo: Keʻala Lucero, Co-Creative Studios

The East-West Center has partnered with NOAA, the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to launch a new pilot project to co-produce a poly-forestry climate dashboard with the Keaukaha Panaʻewa Farmers Association for the community of Panaʻewa on the Island of Hawaiʻi. ...more...

Documentarians share tales of Southeast Asia’s fast-changing environment

Southeast Asia In Transition promo banner The tension between development and subsistence was at the heart of a recent East-West Center Southeast Asia in Transition webinar that brought together three artists to discuss how their disparate works deepen the understanding of major economic and sociocultural shifts now occurring in Cambodia, Myanmar and Indonesia. ...more...

EWC President Presents Tonga Red Cross with Eruption Recovery Funds Raised by Center Community

EWC President Suzanne Vares-Lum giving names and messages from donors to Tonga Red Cross VP David Havea During July’s Pacific Islands Forum summit events in Fiji, East-West Center President Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum presented Tonga Red Cross Vice President Drew Havea with a check for $20,000 raised by the Center community to assist with recovery from Tonga’s devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami early this year. ...more...