The Correctional Service Solomon Islands (CSSI) Women’s Network has recently received a cash award for their ‘Herstory’ Film from the Native Lens Film Festival Organisers at the Correctional headquarters. The Film which featured, “Women Working in Corrections” is co-produced by CSSI Women’s Network and Dr Anouk Ride and directed by Adilah Dolaiano of Sukwadi Media,…
THE Women’s Survivor Experience Study report and Stretim Attitude about VAWG Report were launched during the official opening of the 16 days of Activism programs in Honiara, last Monday. Introducing the reports during the official launching, Dr. Anouk Ride Dolaiano said the reports contain findings of Victims of Gender-Based Violence here in the Solomon Islands.…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) supported women in the Shortland Islands Western Province to coordinate the 16 days activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV) campaign at Nila Catholic Mission on 25 November 2019. Police Forward Command Post (PFCP) Commander, Kulitanai Chief Superintendent Mathias Lenialu says, “About 200 women, youth and children…
AN Anglican sister who spent most of her religious life working in Solomon Islands has died Monday this week in her home country of Australia. “Absolute self-giving is the only path from the human to the divine,” says the fitting Bible inscription of missionary nurse and educator Helen Barrett, daughter of a former Cathedral Dean…
The touring Rock City (a.k.a R.City) band has rocked music fans in Honiara in a one-night show at the Heritage Park Hotel car park in Honiara, Friday. Attended by a record of more than 2,000 concert goers, the show was one of the biggest concerts to be staged in the Solomon Islands capital town. The…
Dughore Women Association has fruitfully hosted the Dughore Mini Cultural and Organic Festival at Hunda Village on Kolombangara in Western Province, early this month. The Dughore Mini Cultural and Organic Festival is an initiative put together by the Dughore Women Association in Collaboration with the Gizo Women in Business Development. The objective is to revive…
THE Diocesan Electoral Board of the Diocese of Temotu (DOT) in the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) will elect a new and sixth Bishop for DOT tomorrow. The election will be held at the headquarters’ of the Community of the Sisters of the Church, East of Honiara, a media statement from ACOM said. The election…
The powerhouse behind the local industry By ELIZABETH OSIFELO WHEN I think about fashion the first thing that comes to mind is the latest design, trending style, colors, creativity and raw talent. But to be close to accurate, fashion is a popular aesthetic expression in a certain time and context, especially in clothing, footwear,…
THE Ministry of Public Service (MPS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA) hosted stakeholders on Wednesday to validate the Action Plan to promote Women in Leadership in the Public Service. A statement from the MPS said the Women in Leadership Action Plan addresses one of the objectives of the…
REPRESENTATIVES of the Correctional Service Solomon Islands (CSSI) Women’s Network departed for New Caledonia yesterday to attend the regional premiere of their film “Herstory: Women Working in Corrections”. The UK High Commission and CSSI have funded one of the pioneering women in corrections, Inspector Dorothy Siru and CSSI Women’s Network Chair Wendy Gebe to attend…