Hon Ethel Lency Vokia

Bio Ethel Lency Vokia is a member of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands. In 2020 she became the fourth woman in the 2019-2023 Parliament and only the sixth woman ever to be elected to that Parliament. Vokia’s husband, Jaimie Vokia, had been elected to the...

Hon Oelyn Muala

Bio Mrs. Muala is the wife of Elijah Doro Muala, MP for South Choiseul and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs. She successfully ousted Mr. Richard Beck, a former non-executive member in the Maepioh-led government. In an interview, she acknowledged the challenges...

Hon Rhonda Sikilabu

Bio “I really did not have political ambitions to get to where I am now, but it was the women who saw what I was doing in the community who wanted me to stand and so in 2006, I ran against 6 male candidates and won in a landslide victory. When I was elected into...

Hon Rose Tala

Bio Rose Tala, from Komukoga village in North East Guadalcanal, is the first female provincial member for Tathiboko ward and the only woman in the Guadalcanal provincial assembly. Despite Guadalcanal’s matrilineal society, women are largely absent from leadership...

Hon Jocelyn Wesley Ipei

Bio Hon. Ipei is a member of the Public Account Committee, in the Temotu Provincial Assembly. She participated in the 2014 Practice Parliament for women in Solomon Islands before being elected into the Provincial Assembly later that year. Hon. Ipei participated again...

Accessibility Toolbar