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At the age of 10, Grace Molisa entered St. Anne's School, Torgil, on Ambae. She had already learned to read and write in Ambae. Her upbringing, steeped in both Ambae tradition and Anglo-Christian culture, has sharpened her sensitivity to the Ni-Vanuatu human condition and what she believes to be right for the Ni-Vanuatu and for Vanuatu. These convictions inform her work as an educator, facilitator, developer, and promoter of Melanesian and Ni-Vanuatu culture. She was the first woman to address the Vanuaaku Pati Congress, the only woman member of the National Constitution Committee, and a signatory to the Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu in 1979. Her recent books include Human Rights Toksave (1999); The Blackstone Calendae (1998), Womens Appointments Files (1998), and Pacific Paradaes (1995). She is convinced that what Ni-Vanuatu women need is encouragement, opportunity, and training, in that order.
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