Development

Female Lines Mechanic Calls for More Women to Join the Profession

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BY JOY OFASIA MARY Sau is one of the female line mechanics in a heavily male-dominated electrical trade industry in the Solomon Islands. According to Mary, when line mechanics were initially introduced by Solomon Power in...

Manning the MAL Livestock Office Gizo

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Ms Telemahau Shares Experience BY LIVETT MYRNE COMFORT Margaret Telemahau, 27, is a new livestock officer in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) based at Gizo. She’s enthusiastic about her job since graduating from SINU two...

Rural Women Empowered through WASH Bottleneck Analysis Training

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BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Ahetaha Water Conservation successfully completed training on Village and Community WASH Bottleneck Analysis Manual for 12 communities from 26th to 27th December 2022. About 27 participants or representatives from Foulofo, Waima’aka, Kanata,...

Women Ecstatic Becoming Members of SIDA

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https://youtu.be/6o3mi_b68uA Women who joined the newly launched Solomon Islands Development Agency (SIDA) have expressed their joy and happiness in connecting with an organization which gave them an opportunity to learn about new knowledge to add...

SIDA Hosts Flour Processing and Cookery Workshop

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BY JOY OFASIA SOLOMON Islands Development Agency hosted another workshop on Flour Processing and cookery for youths and SIDA members this week. The workshop is aimed to build a generation of skilled men and women who...

Gender Workshop Organised For Tina Hydropower Project Stakeholders

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THE Tina River Hydropower Project (TRHDP) Office hosted a one-day Gender Action Plan (GAP) workshop in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to continue to raise awareness about gender equality and women’s empowerment. The...

Women Told To Make Proper Use Of Family Protection Act

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BY MAINE LIVETT Isles Media Freelance Reporter in Gizo WOMEN are reminded not to consider the Family Protection Act as a tool for their personal advantage to degrade their partners. Gizo Based Family Lawyer. Andrew Bosa pointed...

Mother|Grandmother Shares Experience working at a UXO Survey Company

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BY JOY OFASIA GLORETTA Anderson, 41, a mother to a daughter and a grandmother, works as a Cartographer at Safe Signals, a private UXO/Bomb Survey and Clearance company. Dealing with UXO and hazardous substances is obviously...

Oxfam Safe Families Program Described Effective in Western Province Communities

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BY JOY OFASIA WESTERN Province Council of Women President, Mrs Rendy Solomon has recently acknowledge the work of Safe Families Project through Oxfam in the Solomon Islands and describes it as effective in the communities...

Offer Every Inch of Support to Our Mothers: A Call by Hon Lanelle

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BY JOY OFASIA A powerful call was made to all mothers by Honourable Lanelle Tanangada, Minister of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) during the ‘March and Vigil for Justice’ program at the SMI grounds...