Australia is pleased to support Australia Awards alumnae by offering Women’s Leadership Archetypes Training on 24 and 25 February 2025. Applications are open for interested alumnae. The training offers a transformative lens to support alumnae to self-reflect and serves as a dynamic toolkit they can use to manage challenges and grow leadership skills to guide…
THE Cook Islands will be represented by its Miss Cook Islands Aotearoa at the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant 2025 in Honiara next month. This was announced by the Director of Miss Solomon Islands Pageant and owner of Solomon Host, Joyce Konofilia. Solomon Host holds the organising right for the Miss Solomon Islands Pageant and holds…
BRIDE price commits wives to obey the demands of their husbands. This is the popular view held by the people of Tawatana village, Arosi One of West Makira, Makira-Ulawa Province. The view was expressed in interviews with people discussing domestic violence, family violence and violence against women. People interviewed included men and women from Temotu…
Solomon Host Event, the official host for the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) 2025, has outlined the program for the event, which will take place from 6-8 February. The other seven Pacific queens and their officials are expected to arrive in Honiara on Thursday, 30 January. Pageant Director and MPIP Board Member, Joyce Konofilia, spoke…
A woman entrepreneur has received a grant for seed money worth SBD5000 from Local Coordinator for Academy for Women Entrepreneur (AWE) in Honiara on Friday. Dr. Donna Marie Wate, delivered the money to Better Akao, who owns Betzla Arts and Crafts shop at the Art Gallery Arts and Crafts Center on Thursday. This is the…
UGHELE women in Rendova, Western Province have highlighted their priority projects to be submitted to the South New Georgia Rendova and Tetepare (SNR&T) Constituency Office for funding consideration in 2025. The projects are community water supply, sanitation and community hall. The Ughele women representative Sharana Samuel highlighted these priority projects in her speech when the…
THE South New Georgia Rendova and Tetepare (SNR&T) Constituency will prioritise women’s development initiatives and called on all women in the constituency to organise themselves to seek support from the constituency office in Honiara. The Constituency Development Officer for the SNR&T Constituency, Douglas Alex stated this at Buruku School campus on New Year’s Day when…
AS the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant is only a matter of four weeks away, some of the contestants who have confirmed their participation have expressed their anticipation to showcase their national cultures during the weeklong event in Honiara. The contestants shared their excitement in their posts on social media. Miss Solomon Islands Elsie Polosovai shared…
THE Miss Pacific Islands Pageant 2025 is set to be held in Honiara from February 1 to 8. The highlights of the event will be the Speech Day scheduled for Thursday 6, the Float Parade and Market Day on Friday 7 and the Crowning Night on Saturday 8. Seven country representatives have been confirmed…
A TOTAL of seven pageants will be competing in the 2025 Miss Pacific Islands Pageant to be hosted in Honiara next month. The pageant is scheduled to be staged in the first week of February. The participating countries in this year’s pageant is of course the host, Solomon Islands which will be represented by Miss…