Fanny Fiteli, owner of Mama’s Mushrooms and Vice Chair (Western Division) of the Women Entrepreneurs and Business Council (WEBC), says that having a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) helped her respond immediately when tough decisi...
Earlier this year, the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement conducted a small-scale rapid assessment on the impact of COVID-19 on young women and girls in Fiji. The assessment, conducted via an online survey and phone interviews, focuse...
Dear Readers, in this month's edition, we continue to highlight some of the on-going struggles and triumphs of our grantee partners and their beneficiaries who have been severely impacted by the global pandemic (COVID-19) and Trop...
A Mid Term Review (MTR) commissioned by the Fiji Women’s Fund has confirmed the continued relevance of the Fund’s overall strategic intent and purpose. The MTR was designed to assess progress towards key outcomes and to pr...
With Fijian communities still reeling from the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Harold and COVID-19, Transcend Oceania is working to provide psycho-social support to women and communities coping with trauma....
The Fiji Women’s Fund (the Fund) is going through a transition to becoming an independent entity. As a Fund, it means that we are preparing to be registered as a legal entity under Fiji’s Charitable Trust Act. ...
Arising out of the recent hardships of COVID-19 and tropical cyclone Harold, the Psychiatric Survivors Association has piloted a new programme that would help reduce the reliance of its members on medication, promote food security...
In Fiji, the impact of COVID-19 and tropical cyclone Harold which both happened around March, brought unprecedented challenges to Fiji’s disabled citizens who represent 13.7%[1] of Fiji’s population....
Recognising the capacity of women to change their communities from the ground up, and supporting women’s groups to transform gender roles, the Fiji Women’s Fund has announced that it has awarded 18 grants to nine women’s org...
There’s nothing quite like the feeling you get witnessing what women can do when given the support that they define for themselves, especially for rural and remote women’s groups. ...
