Mere Market opens

THE famous Mere’s Market has been officially opened, Wednesday at the National Art Gallery. Mere Market, organised for women by Solomon Islands Women in Business (SIWIBA) is part of the organisation’s activities aimed at empowering women. SIWIBA aims to promote economic empowerment for women in the Solomon Islands and is always looking for opportunities to…

SIWIBA Mere’s market kicks off

Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA) bi-monthly Mere’s Market commences today at the National Art Gallery. This  initiative strives to empower SIWIBA  women and the event will take place for  3 days. The Mere’s Market will involve competitions, promotions, selling of  products and awareness programs. Yesterday, the association received contributions from the Solomon Islands…

Kit to end violence launched

A toolkit on how to design projects to end violence against women and girls was launched at the national auditorium Solomon Islands Museum on Monday. The toolkit which outlines step-by-step guide to taking action with practical tools and advice designed especially for pacific was launched in the presence of the Australia Government Councillor to Solomon…

Women’s framework to be presented to cabinet

THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Gizo/Kolombangara and Minister for Women, Youth, Children, and Family Affairs will be presenting to cabinet a women’s framework. It is called Solomon Islands National Strategy for the Economic Empowerment of Women and Girls. Mr Tanagada highlighted this when speaking at the opening of the West Are’are Rokotanikeni Association (WARA)…

Local products highlighted at expo

LOCAL products are being highlighted and displayed by members of the Solomon Islands of Women in Business Association (SIWIBA) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG) at the  Digicel PNG women in business expo and has attracted a lot of attention. A team of 8 members attended the event in Port Moresby. SIWIBA President and…

‘Beauty of Womanhood’

The Mary Mazzarello Development Center in Henderson had a successful one dayon Human development and heath awareness on Tuesday at Henderson, East of Honiara. The facilitator was Deacon Dr. James Ereai.  He opened up his session with a spiritual reflection on the beauty of womanhood related to Proverbs 31: 11-31.  It expresses that a beauty…

Fiji’s lady Speaker shares experience

On 6th October, 2014, Dr. Jiko Luveni was elected as the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji. Her appointment marked an important event, being the first female Speaker in the history of Fiji. Dr. Luveni was in Honiara last week for the Regional Conference on Women’s Leadership and Political Participation where she…

SI to host women’s regional conference

The Women’s Leadership and Political Participation Regional Conference will be hosted in Honiara, from the 2nd to the 4th of June at the FFA Conference centre. This was confirmed by Calvin Ziru, the Registrar of the Political Parties Integrity Commission in a joint press conference with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European…