‘I can rise above expectations’: the woman breaking barriers in Pacific politics
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Cathy Nori is one of just three women elected to Solomon Islands’ 50-seat parliament in last month’s electionIn the final days of her election campaign, Cathy Nori considered giving up. The 57-year-old had been trekking up a mountain, near her home in Isabel province, Solomon Islands, when she was overcome with exhaustion.“I couldn’t help but question my purpose, silently asking why I was enduring such hardship,” Nori says in an interview with the Guardian. Continue reading

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