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....
One of the biggest financial lessons from the COVID-19 crisis is to diversify and not rely on a single source of income. This is a business concept that underpins the way in which social enterprise Talanoa Treks has supported the ...
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...
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....
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....
During the height of the lockdown restriction, Medical Services Pacific (MSP) was one of the many organisations on the front-lines providing critical support to citizens coping with COVID-19. MSP manages the Ministry of Women, C...
Social enterprise Rise Beyond the Reef (RBTR) reflects on the importance of maintaining ties with the 350 rural women artisans (from 23 villages from Ba, Ra, Macuata and Nairai) that her organisation has partnered with over the ...
MSP’s services go beyond women’s health and family planning, it also offers counselling and legal services to women and youth especially those who have experienced sexual assault, violence, disaster conflict and other forms of...
