Gender Equality: The very core of our grants for women
25 November 2020
Our experience working with 44 initiatives, many of them rural and community-based, is that transformative change is possible. ...
Tag: <span>Women’s movement</span>
Making sure no one misses out: Ways to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls in Fiji
19 October 2020
Engaging society as a whole is important when developing approaches to preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls. Rise Beyond the Reef discusses how they have used women's economic empowerment projects to engage...
Anchoring an ecosystem approach to women’s funding in Fiji
30 September 2020
In one of the most uncertain times, we aspire to be a relevant, flexible, accessible and empathetic feminist funder for diverse women in Fiji. Using an feminist funding ecosystem, we are constantly consulting, testing, reflecting ...
Review finds the Fiji Women’s Fund is a credible vehicle to facilitate support towards the women’s movement
01 September 2020
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...
Towards localisation as an independent Fund: a transition of the heart, mind, body and soul
24 August 2020
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. ...
As we weave on: Gratitude for the three years of our existence
13 May 2020
May always holds a special place for the Fund, it is the time of year when we commemorate our inception anniversary and highlight our gratitude for the many things that we have been able to achieve over the past three years...
Co-responsibility in the face of two crises in Fiji
30 April 2020
At the Fiji Women’s Fund, we know that this isn’t business as usual. As a women’s fund, now more than ever, we must be empathetic, flexible, and adaptable to support the work of our grantee partners in responding to COVID-19...
Cherishing feminist friendships in an unequal world
19 March 2020
As we celebrate what we have achieved and move into a challenging new year, we continue to rely on feminist friendships as a key part of our work in the women’s movement because they ‘keep us grounded, secure and valued’. ...
Women’s groups caring for others, but who’s caring for them?
11 February 2020
Speaking with several women's and civil society organisations in Fiji, we discovered that while a few had time-off policies or collective self-care activities for staff, the majority of organisations in Fiji have limited self-car...