Samoa’s first female Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa faces entrenched patriarchal forces as she fights for re-election.

Samoa's Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata'afa takes her oath at an unofficial ceremony outside parliament house in Apia, Samoa, on May 24, 2021. Anetone Sagaga/Samoa Observer/AP ...

Samoa’s Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has called for those attending the meeting to dress comfortably, according to The Sunday Telegraph.

Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has lived a life of historic firsts. She became the country's first female prime minister, after , who ruled Samoa for 22 years.

Samoa ’s Prime Minister said she would seek to dissolve Parliament, prompting an early election, after a vote on her government’s budget for the next year failed Tuesday.

BYU hosted the prime minister of Samoa, Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, on Thursday, Sept. 28. Her excellency became the first female prime minister of Samoa in 2021.

Samoa’s first female Prime Minister-elect has had a strange inaugural week in office. When Fiame Naomi Mata’afa turned up to the Pacific island nation’s Parliament on Monday to be sworn in ...

Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has lived a life of historic firsts. She became the country's first female prime minister, after defeating its previous leader, who ruled Samoa for 22 ...

Samoa’s Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa speaks to the United Nations General Assembly during Summit of the Future, earlier in September at UN headquarters (Frank Franklin II/AP) ...

Samoa’s PM Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has called for those attending the meeting to dress comfortably, ... Samoa’s prime minister urges King to swap suit for ‘island vibe’ during meeting.