Gatoloai Tili Afamasaga

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Gatoloai Tili Afamasaga
NationalitySamoan
AwardsKrishna Datt Award for Excellence in Trade Unionism and Leadership in the Pacific, 2016
Academic background
EducationVictoria University of Wellington
Christchurch Teacher's College
Macquarie University

Gatoloai Tili Afamasaga is a Samoan educator. She has been active in teaching and teacher training for over 40 years. In 2016 she was awarded the Krishna Datt Award for Excellence in Trade Unionism and Leadership in the Pacific.[1]

Life[]

Afamasaga studied at Victoria University of Wellington and Christchurch Teacher's College, New Zealand, and Macquarie University, Australia.[2]

In 1984, Afamasaga was appointed principal of , a position she held for thirteen years. In 1997 the college merged with the National University of Samoa and she became the first Dean of the Faculty of Education. Eight years later, she became the first Director of the university’s Oloamanu Centre for Professional Development and Continuing Education.[1]

Afamasaga has been involved in the development of Samoa Qualifications Authority, and president of the Council of Pacific Education.[1][3] In 2014 she became the founding president of the Samoa Workers Congress.[4] She has also served as the co-ordinator for the Increasing Political Participation of Women in Samoa Programme, a joint programme between UN Women and the United Nations Development Programme.[5] In 2013 she was appointed to a commission of inquiry investigating abuse of power at .[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Gatoloai Tili Afamasaga". The Pacific Community. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  2. ^ Page and Jha, Elspeth and Jyotsna (2009). Exploring the Bias: Gender and Stereotyping in Secondary Schools. London: Commonwealth Secretariat. pp. xx.
  3. ^ "Samoa Workers Congress launched". 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  4. ^ Sapeer Mayron (6 July 2020). "Samoa's unions face long road". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's political participation programme holds trainings in Apia". UNDP in Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  6. ^ "Appointments made to Samoa prison commission of inquiry". RNZ. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
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