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…
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 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…
THE Mothers Union in the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) are currently celebrating their 100th anniversary (1919 – 2019) in Honiara. The programme is being attended by around 1,600 members from all nine dioceses of the ACOM in Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Solomon Islands. The week-long programme was officially opened at Saint Barnabas Provincial…
The Auki Parish Catholic women have celebrated the Assumption Feast Day of Mary the mother of Jesus on the 16th – 18th of August 2019. The event was hosted by St. Valentine Oibola Catholic community in zone 2 of Auki Parish. The Feast Day is an annual event which always marked every year by all…
A GROUP of women has supported Mbokona School in Central Honiara with the construction of a footpath. The footpath is being constructed by graduates from Infrastructure and Service Delivery Training (ISDT) offered by CAUSE Project. Women graduates are the front liners in implementing the project. These women come from areas within Mbokona community. Mbokona school…
Support for women and girl survivors of sexual and gender-based violence continues to improve as SAFENET Referral Network member numbers continue to increase. SAFENET consists of government and non-government organisations who provide services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). This escalation in support for SAFENET followed last week’s completion of a nine-province series…
IN striving to improve in providing healthy meals for its workers, SolTuna embarked on establishing a vegetable growing project for 240 female workers living at the hostels in Noro. The company provides one meal a day for its workers in the SolTuna Kitchen. For girls to continue having healthy meals at the hostels, SolTuna…