Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
This month one of our volunteers, Iona Roy, had a chat with IWDA Program Manager, Bonney Corbin, about her experiences working in the field. Bonney works on the Solomon Islands
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
A newly formed leadership group for young Solomon Island women between the ages of 15-29 was formed early 2009.
The group is named Girls 4 Change and undertakes a variety of
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
IWDA partner in the Solomon Islands, One Television, ran the first 30-minute episode of the STOP Domestic Violence Program early in February 2009. IWDA has supported this project through Australian Ethical Investments, in response to a request from Dorothy Wickham, the head of One Television.
She has engaged all of the women’s groups in Honiara as a reference group and launched not the 3 minute segments we were originally expecting, but a full-scale program!
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Trudy Hairs, Overseas Program Manager – Solomon Islands
Nukufero is a remote Russell Island village in the Solomon Islands. A particularly isolated region, the Russells have no roads, few phones
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Sharing the toil
How do you get women excited about building a better walkway to the toilet?
Simple – organise them into teams and turn it into a competition!
Sulufou is an
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Winners…Grinners…who cares about the scoreboard!
The East Kwaio region of Northern Malaita (one of the bigger provinces in the Solomon Islands) is known for its strong “kastom” – pijin for custom
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Monday, December 12th, 2005
Project Summary:
The Solomon Islands Provincial Games project is a new initiative in sport-for-development aimed at promoting social cohesion and offering Solomon Island women and men in each of the country’s
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Thursday, September 1st, 2005
Solomon Islands – Sustainable Development
Women are to be seen, but not to be heard; life for most here is still determined by the male members of the family’ says Jennifer
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