Women and sports in Solomon Islands

This study sought to gather consensus from sports practitioners, strategies that could be employed to improve women’s sports in Solomon Islands. Utilising the Nominal Group Technique, 16 participants underwent half a day’s workshop and agreed on the salience of changing mindsets by breaking cultural and religious beliefs around female positioning in society. Part of this, is implementable strategic plans at the government level that provides an enabling environment for ample opportunities for women to participate in sports at all levels. This includes increased numbers of women’s expertise in major sports roles such as coaching, technical officials and administrators.However, successfully implementing such strategies across the country will require the breaking of multiple, entrenched cultural barriers