Pacific

Islands

Monthly

January 1991

violent homes of paradise Living up to ’91

Women

Of

The Year

There are no winners just those who do so much for so little

A.tt* p*"*?® USs2 „ s c°n us,r ® lia AS2 - s °; Cook Islands NZS3; Fiji F 51.75; FS Micronesia US$3; Hawaii USS 3; Kiribati A 52.50; Nauru A 52.50; Niue NZ$3; Norfolk ma cpf2so; New Zealand (mcl GST) NZ53.45; Nth Marianas USS 3; Papua New Guinea K 3; Palau US$3; Marshalls US$3; Solomon Islands As 3; French Po IvnPQia Tnnna DQ. IIC A I ICCO. iitaaa.

Geua Tau, champion bowler

Kathy Solomon, Vanuatu Council of Women

Late Lady Davis, outspoken leader

Peni Moore Fiji Women’s Rights Movement

Pacific Women of the Year

Cover; Women hold up half the sky, or so the saying goes. For many women in developing nations, including most of the Pacific, the burden is wide and heavy, and recognition is scant. In profiling Women of the Year, Pacific Islands Monthly looks at 10 different women and women’s groups, who have succeeded in spite of the ob stacles. The chosen 10 range from politicians and lobbyists to welfare workers, sportswomen and the cour ageous women of Bougainville. /II