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Pacific women breaking stereotypes and cultural norms through surfing – ABC News
A women’s surfing movement sweeping across the Pacific is tackling issues of self-worth, confidence, sexism and sexual violence, through a sport often seen as dominated…
When Stephanie Mahuk paddles her board out to the break, she sings softly under her breath.
She is calling to the ocean deity Leimalo, asking her to send good waves.
Working as a lawyer in Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, Ms Mahuk returns to her village on the coast most afternoons, grabs her surfboard and heads to the beach.
“There are no words that can describe what surfing is to me it’s freedom,” she said.
Ms Mahuk co-founded Solwota Sista, a program that teaches young women and girls in Vanuatu…
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