by info@innovahub.org | Aug 28, 2025 | National Women MPs, Solomon Islands
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...
by info@innovahub.org | Aug 28, 2025 | National Women MPs, Solomon Islands
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...
by info@innovahub.org | Aug 28, 2025 | National Women MPs, Solomon Islands
Bio Hon. Lanelle Tanangada, a teacher by profession and graduate of the University of Waikato, was elected as the first woman from the Western Province to the Solomon Islands Parliament in 2018. She won the Gizo/Kolombangara by-election as an Independent candidate....
by info@innovahub.org | Aug 28, 2025 | National Women MPs, Solomon Islands
Bio Party Independent Term Electorate North Malaita Province Malaita Political Status Member of...
by info@innovahub.org | Aug 28, 2025 | National Women MPs, Solomon Islands
Bio Hilda Kari was the first and is the only woman to ever be elected to Solomon Islands National Parliament. She successfully contested the 1989 bye-election for the North East Guadalcanal seat caused by MP Waita Ben Tabusasi vacating his seat to become Speaker. She...
by info@innovahub.org | Aug 18, 2025 | National Women MPs, Solomon Islands
Bio Honorable Choylin Yim Douglas comes from a rich and diverse cultural heritage, with a Tuvaluan mother and a Cantonese father. This background has played a significant role in shaping her perspective and leadership approach. She pursued higher education at the...