Media Release
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
Truth and Reconciliation Commission – need to maintain integrity of process
February 4, 2025
The NGO Coalition on Human Rights (NGOCHR) is alarmed that the much-anticipated Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) may already be compromising its integrity and independence; the very principles upon which a successful TRC is founded. The Coalition refers to the appointment process of the TR Commissioners, which raises serious questions
33 years of 16 Days of Activism
November 24, 2024
The 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women runs from 25 November to 10 December each year. This international campaign was conceived in 1991 during the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute at Rutgers University, New Jersey in the United States.
34 community advocates complete Gender-Based Violence Counsellor Training in Tuvalu
October 28, 2024
A significant milestone has been reached in the work to eliminate violence against women, girls, and children in Tuvalu with the completion of the Gender-Based Violence Counsellor Training by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in the capital, Funafuti from 15th to 25th October 2024.