Maria Crowby
Maria Crowby is a politician from Vanuatu.[1] She a member of parliament for the Union of Moderate Parties.[2] She was elected in 1987 for the electorate of Port Vila, in the same election as Motarilavoa Hilda Lini; the two women were the first women members of parliament elected in Vanuatu.[3] Crowby lost the seat in 1988.[4]
In 2001 and 2002 Crowby and Lini co-led training workshops for potential women parliamentary candidates in order to encourage more women to stand for election. Vanuatu elected its third woman member of parliament, Isabelle Donald, in May 2002.[5]
References
- ^ "Hon Maria Crowby — Pacific Women in Politics". Pacific Women in Politics. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ^ Binihi, Ricky. "Manarewo demands apology from PM Carcasses". Vanuatu Daily Post. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ^ Van Trease, Howard (1995). Melanesian Politics: Stael Blong Vanuatu. University of the South Pacific. p. 70.
- ^ Alailima, Fay (1994). New Politics in the South Pacific. University of the South Pacific Institute of Pacific Studies. p. 164.
- ^ Donald, Isabelle (2002). "Slo slo: increasing women's representation in parliament in Vanuatu" (PDF). Development Bulletin. 59: 54–57.