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BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO ALLOW your own mother to serve you says the only contesting female candidate amongst the five contestants for Central Guadalcanal constituency. Contesting candidate Jacobeth Vari Maneiria during the launched of her campaign strongly urged the people of Central Guadalcanal to give their own mother a chance to represent and serve them at the national parliament.   “My children in Central Guadalcanal allow your mother to serve you and you will be like olive chute around the table of your home land and the men and women will be as kings and queens at the city gates” said Maneiria. She said vote a woman, vote a mother that practices Godly principal if you want to see change in the society, home and nation because mothers a great managers who knows the needs that home, communities, society and nation requires to move forward.   Maneiria said for the past 40 years men have been representing Central Guadalcanal constituency in the national

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Women Youth Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA) has called to treat women and girls equally in sectors of life across the country. “A woman is woman and they should be treated equally. We must treat them equally in all sectors of life, our behaviors and attitudes must be respectable and honorable to our women in Solomon Islands so that they can excel to develop our country,” said PS Cendrick Alependava. Permanente Secretary of the Ministry of Women Youth Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA) Cendric Alependava  Alependava addressed women should be treated equally side by side because they are biologically different. He said this means they have special roles, functions and responsibility that should be respected. With is call he adds by encouraging all country women and girls to build and think big.   “Build smart women and to think big, you are formidable force in the population of