A tribute to SI women valued and respected for their community contributions

A tribute to SI women valued and respected for their community contributions

Posted by : frank short Posted on : 02-Jul-2021

The Island Sun newspaper has reported that a booklet naming outstanding women of Solomon Islands was launched recently with the aim of paying tribute to women valued and respected for their contributions to communities in the Solomon Islands

The booklets were launched at the Solrice Warehouse, Ranadi and were taped to bags of rice so the booklets could reach rural communities throughout the country.

The aim of the initiative is to pay tribute to women who are valued and respected because of their positive contributions to their communities and leadership values.

120 women were nominated as outstanding for different reasons and their names were listed at the back of the individual booklets.

Speaking at the launch, Afulia Billy from SECSIP said they were very pleased to partner with Solrice in distributing the booklets.

It is a very effective way of getting out the booklets into communities. We will be monitoring response from communities,” Ms. Billy said.

SolRice’s General Manager James Bradford said they were looking forward to offering support in the future for the growth and development of Solomon Islands.

H.E. Dr. Lachlan Strahan, the High Commissioner of Australia, said empowering women was the right thing to do. “If any society wants to prosper economically and have a good future for young people it is by empowering women.”

In the long run if you want to empower your women socially and economically democracy allows that to happen. A lot of political change is still to happen and why it is so important to support the electoral system and why Australia is funding the SECSIP to support the UNDP.”

It is really important to identify strong women leaders who act as role models,” Dr. Strahan said.

Source. Island Sun newspaper.

Footnote.

The Outstanding women of Solomon Islands booklet was made possible by the UNDP SECSIP (Strengthening the Electoral Cycle in the Solomon Islands Project) through a gender component (output five) to enhance women’s participation for a more cohesive society.

Yours sincerely

Frank Short

www.solomonislandsinfocus.com

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