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Focus on [Fiji] women

FemLink broadcasters Khaleila Vakatalai, left, and Sulueti Waqa preparing for their next broadcast from the women's workshop at Studio 6 Apartments in Suva yesterday. Image: Eliki Nukutabu

Zafiya Shamim – Fiji Times – Thursday, 11 April 2013 (originally published 09 Apr) ABOUT 60 women leaders representing their communities from all across the country came together for the fourth Fiji Women’s Forum (FWF) at Studio 6 Apartments in Suva yesterday. FemLINK Pacific executive director Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls said they were focused to enhance women’s [...]

In celebration of [Fiji] women’s achievement

Jinita Prasad speaks to women attending a workshop

Ropate Valemei – Fiji Times – Monday, 11 March 2013 (originally published 07 Mar) THE finalists who will be announced before the Women in Business Awards night will benefit from the public acknowledgment of their achievement, increased profile and the wide networking. Being held just a day after the International Women’s Day, everyone attending the [...]

Free [Fiji] women, girls

Ambassador Frankie A. Reed

Frankie A. Reed – Fiji Times – Monday, 26 November 2012 (originally published 24 Nov) GENDER-BASED violence is a global pandemic that cuts across ethnic, racial, socio-economic, and religious lines, and knows no borders. It affects women and girls in Pacific Island nations just as it does in the United States and every other nation. [...]

Baby steps for Rabi [Fiji Island] women

Beren Teresia standing in a field

Kuini Waqasavou – Fiji Times – Wednesday, 18 July 2012 (originally published 16 Jul) WOMEN on the island of Rabi are very fortunate to have a group specifically looking after their needs bearing in mind the fact that they are also great role models in their families. The Women’s Interest Group or the Banaban Women’s [...]

Feeding the hungry

Women holding plated food outside of soup kitchen

Geraldine Panapasa – Fiji Times – Thursday, 19 April 2012 (originally published 17 Apr) ON any given Monday, Wednesday or Friday afternoon in the capital city, you’re sure to find a group of women scurrying from the sidewalk at the Reserve Bank to the Ivi Triangle, each with a basket of food parcels nestled on [...]

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