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  2. Women in Fiji - Wikipedia

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    Women in Fiji live in or are from the Republic of Fiji. On March 8, 2007, The Fiji Times ONLINE described Fijian women as playing an important role in the fields of economic and social development in Fijian society. The women of the Republic of Fiji are the "driving force" in health service as nurses and medical doctors.

  3. Violence against women in Fiji - Wikipedia

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    Fiji is a party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Although there is no specific provision in the convention on violence against women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women stated in their General Recommendation No. 19 that Violence against Women is “a form of discrimination that seriously inhibits women’s ...

  4. Fiji Women's Rights Movement - Wikipedia

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    The Fiji Women's Rights Movement is noted for its work on promoting the political participation of women, including through constitutional reform. [8] FWRM, with its partners FemlinkPACIFIC, the National Council of Women (Fiji), and Soqosoqovakamarama iTaukei, formed the Fiji Women's Forum in 2012 to increase women's participation in leadership.

  5. Pooja Priyanka - Wikipedia

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    She is the co-founder and creator of ViDesi Girls, a Bollywood dance company based in Australia. [11] She has her own fashion label ViDesi as well as a co-founder of jewellery brand PaperPeonies. [12] In 2016, it was announced that Pooja Priyanka will be the brand ambassador for Fiji International. [13]

  6. Mereseini Vuniwaqa - Wikipedia

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    In January 2020, Vuniwaqa announced that Fiji embark on an historic mission to develop a National Action Plan (NAP) to Prevent Violence Against all Women and Girls (2021-2026), making it the first Pacific Island Country, and one of the only two countries globally along with Australia, to have a whole of government and whole of community ...

  7. Lynda Tabuya - Wikipedia

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    Tabuya grew up in Wakanisila in Kadavu Province and is iTaukei. [2] She was educated at Yat Sen Primary School and Adi Cakobau School, before gaining a Bachelor of Laws from Bond University in Australia and a Master of Laws from Washington University in St. Louis, United States. [3]

  8. Fiji Girl Guides Association - Wikipedia

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    The Fiji Girl Guides Association is the national Guiding organization of Fiji. It serves 1,829 members (as of 2003). Founded in 1924, the girls-only organization became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1981. An annual camp is held. This lapsed for 20 years, but it was revived in 2007. [1]

  9. Adi Cakobau School - Wikipedia

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    Adi Cakobau School in Fiji was founded in 1948 by the Fijian government as a boarding school to provide an intermediate education for Fijian girls. [1] It was named after the granddaughter of Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the King of Fiji who united the islands under his authority in 1871 and ceded the nation to the United Kingdom three years later.