Last week in Honiara representatives from the national government, UN agencies and civil society organizations gathered to celebrate the official launch of the first phase of the UN-Solomon Islands Government Joint Programme on Eliminating Violence against Women and Girls (Joint Programme).
It was recorded in the Solomon Star newspaper, that the broader joint programme was a partnership between the Solomon Islands Government and six UN agencies – UN Women, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, ILO and WHO.