COVID-19 lockdown, flooding and a fire. Brij Lata Chand experienced a triple blow to her tailoring business earlier this year and six months later she is still trying to recover from her losses....
Like many women entrepreneurs working in the informal sector, Octavia is finding it difficult to access finance. While she has started the process of registering her business and transitioning to the formal sector, her efforts hav...
This International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), we profile Mere Roden, a disability and women rights advocate. There’s a calmness and serenity that Mere radiates. It’s a silent yet powerful presence. One that abso...
In early April, as the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic were reverberating across Fiji, 8 civil society organisations (CSOs) came together to form the Fiji CSO Alliance for COVID-19 Humanitarian Response....
Women’s groups from 5 districts across Kadavu are working together to help their members build leadership and confidence to speak up, influence change and make informed decisions in their households and communities. ...
After spending 25 years as an airline cabin crew member, Harieta had to come up with an alternative source of livelihood when she lost her job....
Despite having to overcome many challenges as a woman entering into entrepreneurship, Alparti continues to be optimistic about growing her bee farm....
Our experience working with 44 initiatives, many of them rural and community-based, is that transformative change is possible. ...
Soroptomist International Sigatoka providing agriculture-based training and support to women living in the more remote parts of the province. This will be followed by a market day where the women can showcase and sell their produc...
The Pacific Rainbow Advocacy Network (PRAN) is helping its members deal with the socio-economic fallout of COVID-19 through initiatives that focus on alternative livelihoods and access to healthcare services....
