Despite the challenges in 2020, the Fiji Women’s Fund continued to grow in strength, reach and impact. We supported 32 initiatives with 22 diverse grantee partners across Fiji. These grantee partners reached 18,600 people thro...
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....
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...
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...
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...
“The struggles and obstacles that women in sport face on a daily basis is often undocumented and only known by those within the fraternity. Our society and culture still wrangle with the reality that women can lift weights, tack...
At the third joint Fiji Program Annual Reflection event, several community-based women’s groups in Fiji expressed that through leadership and empowerment programs, they feel they are now finding their voice in their communities ...
