SI entrepreneurs participating in UK’s Pacific Women Export Leadership workshop in Samoa

THREE Solomon Islanders are participating in the United Kingdom Trade Partnerships (UKTP) Pacific Women Export Leadership workshop in Apia, Samoa, this week. The three are Cathliro’s Diana Yates, Solomon Indulgence’s Ruby Lee and Solomon Islands Women in Business Association Wisdom Enterprises’ Rachel Rahii. The Workshop supports dynamic women in senior leadership positions in private companies,…

Maternity uniform for pregnant RSIPF officers

The Australian Federal Police (AFP), through its partnership program with the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), has supported the introduction of a maternity uniform for RSIPF female officers. Funding support from the RSIPF-AFP Policing Partnership Program (RAPPP) enabled the RSIPF’s Women Adversary Networking (WAN) to achieve this important goal. The maternity uniform is similar…

PM Sogavare, Chief guest as ‘City Women Connection’ mark 1Oth Anniversary

Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP delivered keynote address as the Chief guest where he encouraged women to live their Christian faith through Christ-like action at a gathering of the City  Women Connection(CWC), marking the local organization’s 10th Anniversary at the St .Barnabas Hall, Honiara, over the weekend. The ceremony organized by the City Women…

Third cohort of women successfully completes Senior Executive Leadership Program

A third cohort of women leaders and aspiring leaders in the country have successfully completed a four-day Solomon Islands Senior Executive Women in Leadership Program in Honiara on Thursday 28th September 2023. Delivered through a partnership between the Institute of Solomon Islands Accountants (ISIA), the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) and the…

Australian Minister for Communications engages with women in Parliament and the media, e-commerce entrepreneurs and award-winning journalists

Today, Australian Minister for Communications, the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, continued her four-day visit to Solomon Islands with a focus on women’s participation in parliament, digitalisation, jobs and economic growth, and journalism. During the evening of 24 August, Minister Rowland met with four female Members of Parliament and Provincial Assemblies of Solomon Islands, discussing challenges…