Fiamē on BBC’s 100 Influential Women Leaders 2021 List

Staff Reporters

APIA, SAMOA – 07 DECEMBER 2021: Samoa’s first female Prime Minister, Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa is among the BBC’s 100 Influential Women Leaders for 2021. She is among 9 other inspiring and influential women from the Pacific and Asian region on the BBC 100 Women List 2021, which this year celebrates the women from every corner of the world who are hitting the reset button in 2021.

The women from Asia and Pacific include:

Samoa

• Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa – The first female prime minister of Samoa and leader of the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) Party Her agenda has a strong environmental focus, to fight against the climate emergency in one of the regions of the world most vulnerable to global warming.

Australia

• Rebel Wilson – Actress, writer and producer who starred in the female-led comedy hit Bridesmaids, Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit and the box-office hit trilogy Pitch Perfect, who will be directing her first feature film in 2022.

Indonesia

• Mia Krisna Pratiwi – The eco-activist is working to resolve the plastic waste crisis on the island of Bali, through the non-profit Griya Luhu. Together with the local community, her organisation developed a ‘digital waste bank’, an app-based system to better collect and process waste, and to gather data to support further change in waste management.

Other women named on the list from APAC include:
Macau: Ming-Na Wen, Actress
Papua New Guinea: Monica Paulus, Campaigner against Sorcery Violence
China: Adelaide Lala Tam, Designer
China: Nanfu Wang, Filmmaker
Myanmar: Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng, Catholic Nun
Myanmar: Ein Soe May (Alias), Pro-Democracy Activist

The full BBC 100 Women List 2021 is published here on 7^th December 00:01 GMT: www.bbc.com/100women.

Liliane Landor, Senior Controller of BBC News International Services: “It’s fantastic to see the names on this year’s 100 Women list. Since we launched it in 2013, the list and the annual season have gone from strength to strength. This is about the visibility of women worldwide and shining a spotlight on brilliant women across the globe who have contributed to our world in remarkable ways. In a turbulent and troubling time, the BBC World Service will continue to focus on the struggles, resistance and achievements of women in Afghanistan and we’ve devoted half of our list to Afghan women to demonstrate our commitment to telling their stories.”

The announcement of the list kicks off BBC’s 100 Women 2021 season – focusing on women’s experiences around the world with a week of special interviews, documentaries, features and digital content across the BBC’s UK and international TV and radio services and online. More info HERE.

100 Women was established in 2013 as an annual series focused on a list of 100 inspirational and influential women. The list is supported by features, investigations and interviews highlighting the work of these women. In 2016 the 100 Women season was recognised with an Alliance for Women in Media Gracie award, after generating 30 million hits over a three-week season. The project was also a finalist for the US Peabody Awards 2017 and has scooped many other accolades.