Saini Simona is a Tuvaluan civil servant, Director of Women Affairs in

Tuvalu Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. They lie east-northea ...

. In 2010 she spoke out in support of a proposal to have seats reserved for women in the

Parliament of Tuvalu The Parliament of Tuvalu (called ''Fale i Fono'' in Tuvaluan, or ''Palamene o Tuvalu'') is the unicameral national legislature of Tuvalu. The place at which the parliament sits is called the ''Vaiaku maneapa''. The ''maneapa'' on each island is ...

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Tuvaluan civil servants Tuvaluan women civil servants Place of birth missing (living people) Tuvaluan women in politics {{Tuvalu-bio-stub