Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association

[1] The Pan-Pacific Women's Association (PPWA) changed its name to Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association in 1955.

[2] In 1928, the First Pan-Pacific Women's Conference was organised in Honolulu under the umbrella of Pan-Pacific Union with the support of the New Zealand Women Teachers' Association.

[3] It was the first international women's conference arranged outside of the Western world and in the Pacific region.

The Pan-Pacific Women's Association arranged the following Pan-Pacific Women's Conferences: Honolulu (1934 and 1949), Canada (1937), New Zealand (1952), The Philippines (1955) and Japan (1958).

The Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association's recent conference locations include Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2016), Taiwan (2019), and Wellington, New Zealand (2024).