Australia Awards Alumna to Use Insights from Law Conference to Amplify Pacific Perspectives in...
Williamina Barile, an Australia Awards alumna with a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University, has returned to the Solomon Islands from an international law conference with a renewed commitment to championing Pacific perspectives in...
AFP Gifted Three Sets of Netball Uniforms RSIPF Police Netball Club
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) recently gifted three sets of Netball uniforms to the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) Police Netball Club (PNC), with support of the RSIPF and AFP Policing Partnership Program...
Australia Awards Unlocks New Skills for Green Valley Women
When Jean Uwesi, an Australia Awards graduate with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Adelaide, returned home to Honiara’s Green Valley community, she was determined to empower local women with new skills...
Breastfeeding Week Celebrated in Honiara
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS), Nutrition Unit under the National Reproductive and Child Health Department, and Health Promotion, with support from the World Health Organization and UNICEF, celebrated the breastfeeding week...
New cohort of Pacific women participate in Women Leaders in Tennis program
Eleven women from across the Pacific arrived in Papua New Guinea this week for the 2025-26 Pacific Women Leaders in Tennis program.
The leadership program is part of Tennis Australia's Pacific Women and Girls in Tennis - Emerging on...
WELSI Celebrates One-Year of Empowering Women Leaders
One year on, the Women in Executive Leadership Solomon Islands (WELSI) stands as a symbol of what is possible when women support women, when leadership is shared, and when purpose drives progress.
Chief Executive Officer...
Women’s Rugby 15s Trial Prepares to Make History in Solomon Islands
A new chapter in Solomon Islands sport is unfolding as the Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) prepares to host the first-ever Women’s Rugby 15s trial match on Tuesday, 2nd September 2025.
With training sessions...
HCC Vendors and Rural Farmers Celebrate International Rural Women’s Day
BY JOY OFASIA
The Honiara Central Market Vendors Association joined rural farmers in a special celebration for 2025 International Rural Women’s Day at Dolphin View Homestay in Aruligo, North West Guadalcanal yesterday.
International Rural Women’s Day,...
Children Lead the Way as Solomon Islands Marks 30 Years of Protecting Child Rights
BY JOY OFASIA
Hundreds of children joined a joyful parade to celebrate International Children’s Day 2025 yesterday and 30 years since the Solomon Islands ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child...
Australia Partners with Betikama Adventist College for Girls’ Safety
Female students at Betikama Adventist School now have a safer and more secure living environment thanks to a locally-led infrastructure project supported by the Australian Government.
The project, funded through the Solomon Islands–Australia Community Partnerships...
