Simmons-Avafoa is outspoken about the effects of global warming - particularly on the lives of women and children, who also have the least input into decision-making.^[1]^[2]^[3] She was a Senior Advisor - Pacific Division with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tuvalu until a secondment to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat as part of the Smaller Island States Attachment Programme.^[4] In 2019, she had returned to her Senior Adviser role.^[5]

In 2018, she was the programme's representative at the Green Climate Fund's Structured Dialogue with the Pacific conference.^[6] In 2017, she was one of 22 women selected to take part in an international climate-change negotiation training workshop.^[7] The workshop was entitled Pacific Women's Climate Change Negotiating Conference and was facilitated by the Pacific Islands Forum and the Australian Government.^[8]

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