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SAFENET, a network of government and non-government organizations in the country are working on new ways to improve quality services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).
SAFENET, a network of government and non-government organizations in the country are working on new ways to improve quality services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).
The Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA) will launch the country’s new National Youth Policy 2017-2030 and a Strategic Framework for Youth Development and Empowerment in Solomon Islands in Honiara next week.
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Solomon Islands is represented by the Pauline Soaki, Director Women in the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs, and Nashley Vozoto, Gender Based Violence Coordinator in the Ministry of Health and Medical Service at the “United Nations Joint Global Programme on the Essential Services Package for Women and Girls Subject to Violence: Global Workshop on Sharing of Key Initial Lessons Learned and Way Forward in Istanbul, Turkey from 6 – 8 February.
Solomon Islands has presented its Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Combined 2nd & 3rd Periodic Report to the United Nation CRC Committee on 23rd January 2018.
A joint capacity building workshop on the Family Protection Act (FPA) and Child and Family Welfare Act (CFWA) was held in Honiara, last week at Bethel Conference Room, Honiara. Participants attended were mainly Social Welfare Officers from the Provinces and Honiara, and officers from the Children Development Division at the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA), and their counterparts from the Provinces.