By Loretta B Manele
Newly established organization, Solomon Islands Women in Nius Network (SIWINN) held a breakfast event to mark the 16 days activism program at the Heritage Park Hotel yesterday.
Dorothy Wickham, SIWINN President said SIWINN is an association for women in media particularly, female journalists from their respective newsrooms.
She expressed that the event was held to celebrate the 16 days activism program focused on ending violence against women and girls and gender equality.
Wickham said stakeholders invited were also at the event to share their thoughts in relation to the 16 days activism program.
She added that this was also an event to remind themselves that as journalists they have to keep the subject of ending violence against women and girls in the minds of people, through their professional work and in their personal lives.
“When we see something wrong, we should do something about it and not be quiet about it”
Wickham said they also invited male journalists to the event.
She stressed that this is so that they are at the event to listen to the speeches and be reminded that as colleagues of female journalists, they have a role to play to help their female colleagues who suffer from violence.
Wickham mentioned that male journalists must also place focus on raising awareness about violence against women and girls in their work in terms of disseminating news.
She said the event was supported by PACMAS, (Pacific Media Assistance Scheme) of ABC Australia.
Wickham noted that they will have an upcoming retreat on 8th Dec.
She said SIWINN was established in 2023 because as female journalists they felt that they needed to separate themselves from the main media platform and have a lot of issues and needs to address.
SIWINN currently has 16 members and is looking forward to having more women from media newsrooms onboard.
