Hon Leinavao Tasso

Bio In 2004, Tasso was elected to Vanuatu’s parliament for the Epi constituency. The only other woman to be elected that year to the parliament of 52 members, Isabelle Donald, also represented Epi, having first been elected in 2002. Their achievement was despite much...

Hon Isabelle Donald

Bio In 2002, Hon Isabelle Donald was elected to the National Parliament and became the third woman ever to be elected into the Vanuatu legislature. Hon Donald served two elected terms, from 2002-2005 and 2005-2008.From 2002-04, she was Deputy Parliamentary Speaker....

Hon Hilda Lini

Bio Motarilavoa Hilda Lini is a chief of the Turaga nation of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu. Following Vanuatu’s 1980 independence, she became the first woman elected to Parliament, in 1987. From 1991-95, Hon Lini was Minister of Rural Water Supply and Health. In 1993...

HON. GLORIA JULIA KING

Bio Gloria Julia King hails from Mele, a Ni-Vanuatu islet. She has a background in football, having played for the Vanuatu women’s national team in the 2003 South Pacific Games. Transitioning to coaching and management, King later led the Vanuatuan delegation at...

Dr Amelia Tu’ipulotu

Bio Following the election by the legislature of Hon. Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa as Tonga’s new Prime Minister in September 2019, Dr. Ámelia Tuípulotu was appointed as the Minister for Health, as part of the new Cabinet. Previously, Dr. Tuípulotu headed the nurse training at...

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