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She also served as a council member of Consumers International. [2] She resigned as chief executive in July 2018 [7] in order to pursue a career in politics. In 2010 the Fiji Times named her the most influential woman of the year. [2] In 2015 she was awarded the Executive Woman of the Year Award in 2015 by Women in Business. [8]
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.
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 ...
Michelle Reddy is a women's rights advocate in Fiji.Reddy attended the University of the South Pacific, where she earned her Bachelor of Education degree in Literature and Language, going on to earn two postgraduate diplomas, one in literature, and one in development studies. [1]
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.
Rosy Sofia Akbar is a Fijian politician and former Member of the Parliament of Fiji who served as the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation from 2021 to 2022. [1] [2] She is originally from Ba and before entering politics she was Vice-Principal of A.D. Patel College. [3]
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Taufa Vakatale was born on 1 February 1938 on Batiki in the Lomaiviti Islands. [3] Her parents were Alanieta Naucukidi and Mosese Vakatale, a Methodist minister. She attended primary school on Gau Island before enrolling in the first cohort of students at Adi Cakobau School, a government boarding school for girls on Fiji's main island, Viti Levu, in 1948.