Media Release
Rest in Peace and Love and Feminism, Meri
May 13, 2025
It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts, we inform you that our dear colleague, friend, and sister, Meri Adilagi unexpectedly passed away on Saturday, 10 May. Our thoughts are with her family, especially her children and grandchildren, her community, and all who are feeling the weight of this loss.
Intensive two-week training by FWCC on Gender, Violence Against Women and Girls, Human Rights, and Counsellor Training starts in Cook Islands
March 17, 2025
An intensive two-week training program by the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre on Gender, Violence Against Women and Girls, Human Rights, and Counsellor Training started today in the Cook Islands in collaboration with the Punanga Turuturu Itivaine, Cook Islands Women's Support Centre.
Robust meeting between Shamima Ali & COMPOL Tudravu
March 5, 2025
A meeting between Fiji Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu and Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator Shamima Ali today has reaffirmed the need to enhance collaboration through training and the sharing of information to standardise responses to cases of violence against women. Commissioner Tudravu acknowledged the long standing working relationship between the
FWCC holds awareness session for 17 Sigatoka police officers
February 25, 2025
Seventeen police officers in Sigatoka completed a one-day awareness session on Tuesday (24th February 2025) on violence against women and girls, gender, survivor-centered approaches to responding to violence against women and girls, and referral pathways for survivors. Senior Counsellor Advocate and Community Educator Ilisapeci Maria says there was open acknowledgment
EVAW Committee formed in Nakorovou Village in Rewa
February 21, 2025
An Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) Committee has been set-up by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Nakorovou Village in Rewa following extensive awareness sessions there in the last two years.
Reflections by Fijian Activist Pita Waqavonovono about the NGO Coalition on Human Rights
February 5, 2025
On 5th February 2025, the NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji released a public statement questioning the process of appointing Truth and Reconciliation Commissioners. They were concerned that the Government had chosen to endorse/appoint the European Union’s nomination, an expatriate with little to no lived experience in Fiji