172 articles tagged "fwcc"
femLink Pacific’s Executive Director, Susan Naisara Grey is calling for urgent action as she says according to their assessment, there is probably going to be an increasingly significant large component of young peopl
Shocking statistics have been revealed by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre as 5,610 domestic violence cases were recorded by the Centre from January to October this year. According to the Centre, there were 122 child
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator, Shamima Ali says the Government must be transparent and accountable and make public a detailed report on the use of every dollar of donor funds for the COP26 trip to Glasgow.
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator and member of the Fiji CSO Alliance, Shamima Ali is calling on the Prime Minister to immediately sack Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum because at end of the day, the actions
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator Shamima Ali says no efforts to derail the character and credibility of former Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Vuniwaqa can derail the tremendous w
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator Shamima Ali says she thinks that medical people should be put in charge as they are the experts in dealing with COVID-19. While speaking during a virtual CSO Alliance press
The Fiji Women Crisis Centre has received more than 800 calls for the month of May alone which is one of the highest number of calls recorded. The Coordinator for the Centre Shamima Ali says 75 percent of these ca
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre is calling for regional and international solidarity for the women of West Papua who are suffering and those who have died as a result of state violence perpetrated on them by the Indonesian
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement that he has decided to retract the Draft Police Bill consultations and Coordinator Shamima Ali says they will continue to ensure that wid
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator, Shamima Ali says talking about women’s human rights is political while responding to comments made about Ali and others by a Minister she termed as our Minister for Everything
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre has seen a total of 661 rape survivors over the past 5 years, and of this, 185 are child rape survivors who were 2 to 17 years of age. This was highlighted by the Coordinator Shamim
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator Shamima Ali says a looming doom in our country right now is the draft Police Bill which has the potential to further shrink spaces for all women. Speaking at the solidarity
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre says inequality, the climate emergency, COVID-19 and the rise of exclusionary politics have further exacerbated our vulnerability as a nation to address the serious violations of womenâ€
The Association of the USP Staff Women’s Wing and the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre are calling for Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama to retract his comments made about the appointment of Doctor Rajni Chand and to apo
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Mereseini Vuniwaqa says people who have been badly affected by COVID-19 and disasters can apply for their Poverty Benefit Schemes if they are still struggling. T
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre says it is appalled at the Prime Minister’s uncalled for and misogynistic attack on one of University of the South Pacific’s renowned and award-winning academic Dr Rajni Chand.
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator, Shamima Ali says while the prices of certain alcohol products will increase from January 18th, she thinks the increase is too less of a deterrent to stop people, in particular m
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator Shamima Ali says they still encounter a number of police officers who try to reconcile cases of domestic violence despite the no drop policy. Ali says the perpetrators in th
The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre received around 900 new cases of violence against women and children from January to November this year. Coordinator Shamima Ali says there 80 rape cases where many of them were refer
aliFiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator, Shamima Ali says they have encountered a number of cases where mothers are forced to hide abuse against their children because the perpetrators are respected patriarchs of th
