THIRTY stakeholders from across government, civil society organisations and development partners attended a one-day consultation to discuss the challenges and achievements in implementing the Government’s national gender equality and women’s development policy. The government policy was endorsed in 2010 and expires at the end of 2015. “We recognise the Ministry for Women, Youth, Children and…
Next week Catholic Christian mothers throughout Solomon Islands will have an important celebration of catholic women and feast day. This is the feast day of the Assumption of Mary. Mothers and women in the archdiocese of Honiara which is Makira, Central province and Guadalcanal will be gathering at Tangarare for one week of spiritual and…
Catholic women of Tangarare Parish in West Guadalcanal are in full strength preparing for the big day set for next week. The event is going to be held at Saint Joseph Tangarare which comes under the Archdiocese of Honiara. This gathering is in celebration of the feast of the Assumption of Mary which will take…
Malaita provincial council of women will hold its Annual General meeting from 19th to 21st August 2015. The President of Malaita Provincial council Mrs Martha Rurai had appealed to women’s organisation to come forward to attend this AGM. “Its important for the election of new office bearers to look after the welfare of the organisation.…
TWO hundred elderly mothers and those with special needs within North Guadalcanal Constituency (NGC)on Tuesday received solar kiteach thanks to their Member of Parliament (MP)Samson Maneka. The ceremony to handover the solar kits was conducted at Nguvia Catholic station near GPPOL 2. The handing over of the items coincided with the second appointed day celebration…
THE PARTICIPANTS of a vocal training which was facilitated by the touring artist Elly Oh has commended the training saying that it was an eye opener and a mind changer. Speaking to this paper in an interview during the training on Friday, they said that what they have learnt from the workshop will help them…
MORE than 30 local female and male songsters have graduated with certificates after they successfully completed a vocal training at Honiara hotels Club Le Flamingo, last Friday. Dubbed as ‘Singing like a star’, the workshop was being conducted by Elly Oh – a touring star participant of ‘The Voice Australia 2014’, and one of the…
TOURING ‘The Voice Australia 2014’ star, Elly Oh has successfully staged two weekend shows and a vocal workshop at the Honiara hotel last week. Her tour here was part of Crown Sound Entertainment and Honiara hotel management’s initiative in bringing in international artists to perform in the country as well as facilitating small workshops to…
The International campaign for Orange Day, 25th July 2015 with the theme ‘Youth in action – Orange our future: the Sustainable Development Goals and a future free from violence against women and girls’ this is the second event marked by the Correctional Service of Solomon Islands (CSSI) in Correctional facility at Rove Central Correctional Centre…
A total of 115 members of the Niuleni Community Music Ministry (NCMM) (a singing ministry) and some volunteers recently returned from a Cyclone Pam Rehabilitation mission project undertaken on the Island of Pele, Vanuatu. Reports said, the members comprised of men, women and children from ages as young as 5 – 75 years old. The…