Across Women's Lives

It’s never fun to hear the sound of your own voice. But that’s part of the job for Adele Willie, Jennesa Hinge Moli and Lavenia Yalovi.Or at least it is now. A year ago, they were recruited to be among the first generation of female sports commentators from the Pacific Islands. Willie and Hinge Moli are from the archipelago nation of Vanuatu. Yalovi is from Fiji. “What I like is the tone of my voice,” Hinge Moli responds shyly during a listening exercise. Hinge Moli and her colleagues are in a cramped hotel room on the outskirts of Montpellier, preparing for their final game of the Women’s World Cup (WWC). Their mentor, Aaron Kearney, has asked them to listen back to their first commentary, a match between New Zealand and the Netherlands. From left: Willie, Yalovi and Hinge Moli prepare for their final Women’s World Cup commentary from their hotel room in Montpellier, France. Credit: Rebecca Rosman/The World “Now remember the word we were using was ‘crispness