International women's awards

Vanuatu’s Relvie Poilapa and Marie Toto win international women's award

Relvie Poilapa, who works for World Vision Vanuatu, won the Hanson Mataskelekele award.

Marie Toto, who works for Care International, won the Andy Lynch award.

The women were selected based on their life changing community outreach, their engagement in empowering women, being women role model themselves and standing up for what is right.

The awards are funded by the Australian government to recognise the leadership and active participation of women in Vanuatu society.