Fellowship Program for Emerging Women Leaders
from the South Pacific Island States

This year six Fellows traveled from the South Pacific to participate in the Council's South Pacific Emerging Women Leaders Program. The Council, with the support of the Government of New Zealand, provides Leadership Training for emerging women leaders from the South Pacific Island States in partnership with the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The Fellows are strategically selected so that these emerging women leaders return to their countries equipped to lead in areas of economic and development reform and become part of a Network of Women Leaders who share a common goals and understanding to enhance good governance.

Summer 2008 New Zealand Fellows

• Ethel Sigimanu, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women, Youth and Children’s Affairs, Solomon Islands

• Palanitina Tupuimatagi Toelupe, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Health, Samoa

• Laeimau Tanuvasa-Savea, Chief Executive Officer, Computer Services Ltd, Samoa

• Dominica Abo, Executive Director, Anglicare Stop AIDS PNG, Papua New Guinea

• Jennifer Wate, Executive Director, Solomon Islands Development Trust , Solomon Islands

• Barbara Toiya, Programme Manager, Voluntary Service Overseas, Papua New Guinea

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