Tag: Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre
Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu elected as Fiji’s new president
RNZ Pacific
Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu has been elected as the new president of Fiji, despite opposition from women's rights groups.
Ratu Naiqama was the current Speaker...
When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share...
Pacific Media Watch
Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was...
Fiji human rights activists pay tribute to slain Gaza journalists, but...
Pacific Media Watch
Fiji human rights activists have paid tribute in a Suva vigil this week to the more than 100 journalists -- most of...
Fiji children ‘abandoned, forgotten’ by overseas workers, says counsellor
By Elena Vucukula in Suva
Children are abandoned and forgotten when a large number of Fijians leave the country for work and start new relationships...
Fiji police apologise for West Papua politics ‘mix-up’ before Reclaim the...
Pacific Media Watch
Fiji police have apologised for "miscommunication" that led to an incident before the Reclaim the Night march last night that almost led...
‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on...
By Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie
A lively 43sec video clip surfaced during last week’s Pacific Islands Forum in the Fiji capital of Suva...
Fiji women condemn Bainimarama government’s ‘silence’ on West Papua
By Rusiate Baleilevuka in Suva
A Fiji women's advocacy group has condemned their government for remaining silent over the human rights violations in West Papua...
Don’t forget our midwives, warns Fiji women’s advocacy group
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Fiji Women's Rights Movement warned today that the value of midwives in the Pacific country was being undermined because of...
Fiji men advocates commit to ‘honour’ their roles in society
By Rohit Deo in Lautoka, Fiji
Made up of present and retired police officers, former school teachers, village headmen, community leaders and representatives from the...
Yamin Kogoya: 60 years ago, Indonesia invaded West Papua with guns....
Shocking footage has been circulating on social media showing National Armed Forces (TNI) Indonesian military helicopters firing indiscriminately at civilian villages in Suru-Suru District,...
Fiji’s climate of fear deepens in time of covid pandemic crisis
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
As Fiji struggles with an unprecedented health and economic crisis, the country's already limited democratic space is being choked...
Fiji must commit political will over crimes against women, girls,...
By Talebula Kate in Suva
While International Women’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women, Fiji must not lose sight of the...
‘Crisis within a crisis’: Violence more risky for Fiji women than...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sheldon Chanel in Suva
Much of archipelagic Fiji was forced indoors by lockdowns and a nationwide curfew in March last year when...
Fiji government urged to reconsider NZ$5.3 million office for PM
By RNZ Pacific
Plans for spending NZ$5.3 on construction of the Fiji Prime Minister's new office should be diverted to people affected by the covid-19...
Reported domestic violence in Fiji ‘tip of the iceberg’
By Julie Cleaver
In Fiji, the number of reported domestic violence cases has increased. Police say in the first quarter of this year, it registered...