Former Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) president, Georgina Kekea has been nominated as part of the Commonwealth Expert Team (CET) to observe the October 30 elections in the African nation of Botswana. Kekea, who was MASI president since 2019 until September this year, flew out of the country on Sunday to join the mission.…
The Development Services Exchange (DSE), as an umbrella body for NGOs, stands in solidarity with the Solomon Islands National Council of Women (SINCW) and the Honiara Council of Women in condemning the recent cases of attacks and attempted abductions targeting teenagers, young women and school children. These actions are criminal under the laws of the…
The Solomon Islands National Council of Women (SINCW) strongly condemns the several recent incidences where unknown masked men are attacking, hurting to even attempt kidnapping of young school girls. In a statement over the weekend the women’s premier body said, recent posts on social media describing how these girls are being followed and attacked by…
Women from communities in the Tina River Hydropower Development catchment came together to mark International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) and World Food Day (WFD) on October 15 and 16, with a celebratory event at the Garivera Nature Park. People from the Mbahomea, Malatoha and Belaha communities took part in a variety of cultural and…
THE Honiara Magistrate Court will on December 12 review the arrest warrant of a man accused of intimidating his wife and threatening that he will kill their one-year-old son. The defendant is facing one count of Domestic Violence. His matter was mentioned in the court last week for the review of the warrant of arrest…
A SI woman returned home after neglected by her logging husband in Malaysia AT a very young age, Ira (not her real name) was excited to marry a foreigner because of the financial gains that comes with the new relationship. Ira, who is part Malaita and Western province, was 19-years-old, when she met and married…
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has concluded a four-day Gender in Policing training for the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Women’s Advisory Network (PICP WAN) in Honiara last week (3 October). The training, which marked an important step in advancing gender equality in policing in the region, was attended by WAN chairs from 16 of…
WOMEN in Honiara on Wednesday,2nd October officially relaunched the Honiara Council of Women at the Multi-purpose Hall Youth Hub in China Town. The relaunching came after years of idleness in working with women’s groups in different communities in Honiara over the past years. The theme of the programme was “Inspire Our Women.” Delivering the keynote address,…
SOLOMON Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA) is among other businesses and organizations that missed out on the SBD309 Million Economic Stimulus Package (ESP). The former Democratic Coalition for Government for Advancement (DCGA) led by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare developed the ESP to boost the economy to compensate for the expected economic downturn resulting from…
IT’S the time of the year when the mango season hits the country. Over the past days and weeks the Honiara Central Market has been flooded with sweet mangoes and you will be amazed by the varieties and sizes of the juicy fruits that are now selling like hot cakes. The price ranges from $1…