WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY NEWS Archive: FIJI
Latest SE Asia Pacific News| Fiji Index | Initiatives | Organizations | Resources

UNIFEM WOMEN, WAR AND PEACE WEB PORTAL: FIJI

2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001

2006

Fiji: Women Human Rights Defenders Threatened
December 12, 2006 - (FWRM Press release) Human rights organisations and individuals have been threatened with violence, including rape, for speaking out on the current impasse in Fiji.

FIJI: COUP LEADERS GAG MEDIA
December 6, 2006 - (IPS) Fiji's leading daily newspaper and sole television station have suspended operations after attempts to censor their news by the military, which seized control of the country on Tuesday, ousting the elected government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.

Call in Fiji for women to mediate between government and military over crisis
December 4, 2006 (Radio New Zealand) There's a call in Fiji for women to mediate between the government and the military as unease continues with threats of a military coup. A key NGO, the Citizens Constitutional Forum, says there's a clear absence of women being used as mediators despite offers of help during the impasse.

Affirmative Action Can Narrow the Gender Gap in the Legal Sector, Says RRRT's Jalal
June 22, 2006 - (PR) Low numbers of women in the judiciary and magistracy in the region should be addressed by affirmative action, according to Imrana Jalal, Human Rights Adviser at the Pacific Regional Rights Resource Team (RRRT).

Peace forum useful: Rolls
June 23, 2006 – (Fiji Times) A resolution reached at a regional workshop on gender, conflict, peace and security can provide a useful framework for ensuring consideration of the gender dimension of peace and stability.

FIJI: Resolving Conflicts, Peace In A Suitcase
June 9, 2006 - (Pacific Magazine) At an historic Foreign Office conference, Rosemary Bechler catches up with "suitcase radio" pioneer, Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, to discuss women's roles in politics and peace. One of a dozen or so grassroots activists who have flown in to bring firsthand expertise, Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls has travelled twenty hours from Fiji to Sussex for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office's historic conference on UN Resolution 1325 for women's participation in conflict resolution and decision-making – the first event of its kind the Foreign Office has hosted on gender issues.

FIJI: International Women’s Day For Peace And Disarmament
May 24, 2006 -(femLINKPACIFIC Media Release) Today, May 24th, is the International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament and to commemorate this year’s global theme “Women Resisting Violence”, the monthly Suva Peace Vigil at the Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral (tomorrow Thursday 25) will reaffirm women’s role in promoting and working for active non-violence.

2005

FIJIAN FEMINIST WHO FOUGHT FOR PEACE, JUSTICE AND EQUALITY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC: AMELIA ROKOTUIVUNA AUGUST 7, 1941- JUNE 2, 2005
June 26, 2005 - (IWTC WOMEN'S GLOBALNET #276) On June 2, 2005, a woman of extraordinary energy, passion and ability who dedicated her life to promoting peace, democracy and social justice, died in Suva, Fiji, at the age of 63.

CAMPAIGN BLONG MERI: AN ENEWS SPECIAL BULLETIN FROM FEMLINK PACIFIC: MEDIA INITIATIVES FOR WOMEN, SUVA, FIJI ISLANDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEITANA NEHAN WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, BUKA, AUTONOMOUS REGION OF BOUGAINVILLE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
May/June 2005
It’s Bougainville Revisited in this femTALK Enews special as we celebrate the participation of women in the recent elections for the new Autonomous Region of Bougainville. “Tenk Yu Tru”, UNIFEM Pacific for responding to the call from Helen Hakena for women’s media coverage of women’s participation in this historical event in our region. It was also the powerhouse coordination of Helen and her team at Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency in Buka which gave me the opportunity to interview so many women. I would be remiss if I did not mention Monica Samu, who is a tru’friend.
I was humbled by all the women who came to us. It was certainly an honour to have met you all and a privilege to bring you their stories…. Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Coordinator, femLINKpacific.

FIJI NOW HAS A NEW TEAM OF WOMEN-COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCASTERS
May 27, 2005 - (FemLINK Pacific) Fiji now has a new team of community radio broadcasters following a joint training exercise conducted by femLINKpacific: Media Initiatives for Women, in conjunction with the two major women's networks in Fiji the National Council of Women and the Soqosoqo Vakamarama I Taukei (the indigenous women's network), and as Fiji Nursing Association representative, Litia Veitata said: "The workshop has brought together membership of the National Council of Women Fiji and the Soqosoqo Vakamarama for a practical community radio training initiative; in fact we started learning about our women's community radio initiative and how we can get involved from day 1 when we all got together and wrote and recorded our own stories. Participants have come from a range of backgrounds, professional and community based, we are young and older women and we had very little if any experience in radio," she added.

FEMTALK BRIEF: WOMEN TRAINERS REAFFIRM THEIR ROLE IN ENSURING GENDER EQUITY IN DECISION MAKING
May 20, 2005 - (femTALK) Suva, Fiji Islands - Recently women in Fiji have launched a 10 year Women in Shared Decision Making (WISDM) Plan of Action, as well as contributed to the review of electoral processes and this morning 20 women in Fiji reaffirmed their role to assist women in Fiji claim their rightful place in decision making at all levels of society.

WOMEN'S GROUP PLANS PEACE GARDEN
May 2, 2005 - (Fiji Times) Thanks to the Pan Pacific South East Asia Women's Association, people needing peace and comfort from their stress-filled lives can escape to a soon-to-be created Peace Garden in central Suva.

WOMEN'S POLITICAL ROLE STILL "MARGINAL"
April 30, 2005 (The Jakarta Post) After 10 years of implementing the declaration of the United Nations conference of women in Beijing, most Asian countries including Indonesia have yet to meet the mandates, particularly in increasing the numbers of women in positions of power.

PACIFIC WOMEN WILL ADD THEIR PERSPECTIVE TO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S PEACE GATHERING
April 11, 2005 - (femLINKpacific) The Coordinator of the Gender and Peace Programme of the Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy, Koila Costello Ollson, and femLINKpacific's Coordinator, Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, will join fellow women peacemakers including representatives from Bougainville and West Papua at a week long international consultation, will bring about 15 previous participants together, from the International Fellowship on Reconciliation's Women Peacemakers Program's (WPP) Intercontinental consultation which h will be held in Amsterdam from 16 to 22 March. Last year, the WPP Pacific consultations were staged in East Timor in January.

“LOOKING NORTH" WITH FEMTALK 89.2FM-SUPPORTED BY UNESCO
As part of femLINKpacific’s current community radio initiatives enabled by a grant of UNESCO, Sharon Bhagwan Rolls (femLINKpacific’s Coordinator) together with Adi Vasu Chute, one of our Labasa-based community radio (femTALK 89.2FM) volunteer- focal points met with a range of women’s groups and leaders in Labasa town and surrounding areas.

CRIME FEARS FOLLOW TRAIL OF MIGRANTS
February 19, 2005- (Sydney Morning Herald) Upstairs in Signals disco in Suva, Fiji's lively capital, young Chinese women lounge around. "I see Australia on TV - nice," says 25-year-old Suzie from Beijing, who studies English by day and works as a prostitute at night.

FemTALK 89.2FM goes mobile ...
January 10, 2005 - (femLINKpacific Release) Another exciting initiative is about to take place with femLINKpacific (Media Initiatives for Women), a women’s media NGO which in 2004, launched its mobile women’s community radio project, femTALK 89.2FM. This month, the femLINKpacific volunteer team takes to the road with their “radio in a suitcase”:

“Weaving in 1325” into Disaste Relief Efforts
January 6, 2005 - (femLINKpacific Release) With all the efforts to date since the December 26th tragedy, it is still important to continue to link the advancement of women in peace-building especially in the context of the deadly conflict in Sri Lanka, with the need right now, on the ground, which includes the need for women's authority and leadership in the recovery programmes after the terrible tsunami. If women's voices are absent from the international and national communities involved, the recovery process will be unbalanced and completely inadequate for any country's future. 

2004


Women Dressed in Black to Mark the Beginning of the 16 Days f Activism Campaign
November 25, 2004 -(femLINKpacific) A group of women attending a Community Radio Consultation (CRC) in Suvaare all dressed in black today to mark the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women.

Women Speaking to Women for Peace: No More Violence
November 22, 2004 -(femLINKpacific) Planning has begun for a femTALK 89.2fm commemorative broadcast for the 16 days of activism against gender violence (November 25-December 10 2004), Sunday, 28 November 2004. Participants, all women, from a range of women’s and community based organisations heard today (24 November) that in addition to the Health angle to this year's theme, a secondary theme is also on violence against women and HIV/AIDS. This will link into the United Nations General Assembly Special Session in 2006 which provides the 5-year review on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It also links into the World AIDS day on December 1 theme of Women and HIV/AIDS.

It Is Wisdom …When Women Share in Decision Making
November 18, 2004 -(femLINKpacific) With a mission to get more women elected or appointed into parliament, local government institutions and policy making statutory bodies and communities, and setting a target of 50% of women’s representation at all levels of decision making by 2015, participants at this week’s national consultation on Women in Decision Making, have formulated a draft National NGO Plan of Action on Women in Shared Decision Making (WISDM), which will now be fine tuned for implementation by a steering committee, to be chaired by the National Council of Women.

Isikeli Mataitoga addresses Women in Shared Decision Making
November 17, 2004 -(femLINKpacific) Regional and international gender equality commitments need to be included in the implementation of the Pacific Plan which was endorsed by Pacific Governments at this year’s Forum Leaders meeting, says the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs and Trade, Isikeli Mataitoga.

Promote Zero Corruption on Violence says Rouse
November 17, 2004 -(femLINKPacific) The promotion of zero-tolerance for corruption is vital to good governance says Prue Rouse the Vice President of the Royal Commonwealth Society of Fiji “A transparent and accountable government, together with freedom of expression, encourages the full participation of its citizen in the democratic process”.

The National Council of Women
November 15, 2004 -(femlinkPACIFIC) It is time to make good on the international, regional and national commitments to women and decision making, no more lip service, say participants at the Fiji National Consultation on Women in Decision Making which began in Nadi today.

The Provincial Administration System Needs a Specific Policy
November 15, 2004 -(femLINKpacific) The Provincial Administration system needs a specific policy to aggressively promote gender equity at decision making level, and the development and application of programmes which will equip rural women to participate effectively at decision making level, participants at the the Fiji Multi Stakeholders Consultation on Women in Decision Making heard today, from Lilieta Gavidi of the Ministry of Fijian Affairs.

Women in Politics Worked for Me
November 15, 2004 –(femLINKpacific) The Women in Politics (WIP) project made a difference for me, said former Suvacity councillor Priscilla Singh, a participant at the National Council of Women Fiji’s Multi-stakeholders Consultation on Women in Decision Making, presently underway in Nadi

Coverage of Opening of National Consultation on Women and Decision Making
November 15, 2004 -(femLINKpacific) Gender imbalances remain at all levels of decision making despite global commitments through the Beijing Platform for Action, the Millennium Development Goals and at regional level, the revised Pacific Platform for Action. Even despite the targets set at national level, through the Women’s Plan of Action and the Fiji Government’s Strategic Development Plan, which sets a 50% target to women in decision making positions, says the National Council of Women Fiji (NCWFiji) as it hosts a four day multi stakeholders consultation on Women in Decision Making, which got underway in Nadi today.

National Consultation on Women in Decision Making Starts Monday
November 11, 2004 –(femLINKPacific) The National Council of Women Fiji (NCWFiji) is looking forward to analysing
and building on its work in the area of women in politics and women in decision making, as it hosts a four day multi stakeholders consultation on Women in Decision Making, in Nadi next week. The consultation which begins on Monday (November 15) at the Tanoa Hotel in Nadi will be opened by Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi at 10am.

Fem'TALK ENews Bougainville special edition
October 2004 (femLINKPacific) This edition features an update on the Bougainville Women, Peace and Security Board, including their plans for the 4th anniversary of Resolution 1325.

FEM'TALK ENEWS AUGUST/SEPTEMBER BULLETIN
August/September 2004 (femLINKPacific) This issue includes informaiton on prepraations for Beijing +10, femTALK 1325: Women and Peace initiatives, and an ENote from Virtues Fiji Project.

Crimes against Women Up
October 21, 2004 -(Fiji Times) POLICE statistics between 1997 and 2001 have indicated an alarming trend in Fiji in relation to violent crimes committed against women with 9370 cases reported to police within the five years. This was the recent finding of the Fiji Law Reform Commission at the end of its first phase of the review of the Domestic Violence Reference Discussion Papers issued on 23 September 2004.

FIJI'S FIRST MOBILE COMMUNITY WOMEN'S RADIO PROJECT
August 30, 2004 - (femLINKpacific) Yesterday (29 August) femLINKpacific (Media Initiatives for Women) staged our second SUVA based monthly broadcast of fem’TALK 89.2FM – our “suitcase radio” from the ECREA office on Bau Street. And even though fem’TALK 89.2FM is a women’s community media initiative, founded by a women’s media NGO (femLINKpacific) yesterday’s show was probably the best way to portray that women’s media initiatives are not about excluding our male counterparts!

RESEARCHER ASKS FOR CEDAW REVIEW ON EMERGING ISSUE
August 24, 2004 - (Pacnews) A Pacific academic has called for the review of the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to address what she calls 'a scary emerging issue in the Pacific today' - a rise in migrant women workers and problems they face in their new countries.

PACIFIC WOMEN ADOPT PPA WITH RESERVATIONS
August 23, 2004 - (Pacnews) Ministers for Women from around the Pacific have endorsed with reservation the Pacific Plan of Action (PPA).

GOVERNMENT INEFFECTIVE IN WOMEN'S AFFAIRS
August 19, 2004 - (Pacnews) When it comes to institutional mechanisms that support and promote gender equality in the region, a regional study has found that many governments have not made "real commitments" to the matter, with a lot of national governments hardly having any political and technical will to strengthen gender policies.

HIV/AIDS - BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY SECURITY ISSUE IN THE PACIFIC
August 18, 2004 - (Pacnews) Pacific women were today issued a somber reminder to be ready to accept the HIV/AIDS tide getting washed up on to the doorsteps of their huts in the islands.

TOUGH ISSUE TO BE MULLED OVER
August 16, 2004 - (Pacnews) Imagine living in a region where islands and communities are spread out over millions of miles of oceans, rugged terrain and vulnerable and porous borders, some of which can only accessed by either a small plane, a 46-hour boat ride from the next port, a financially -crippled national airline or by means only known to those who live in it

REGIONAL JOURNALISTS HEAD TO FIJI FOR SPC MEDIA THINK TANK
August 6, 2004 - (Pacnews) Pacific journalists are heading to Nadi, Fiji Islands, this month for a one week ‘think tank’ on gender, governance and peace coverage in the region’s mainstream media.

FEM'TALK ENEWS JULY BULLETIN
July 2004 - (femLINKpacific) Includes information on contributing to the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security questionnaire on UN Resolution 1325, updates and developments of the initiative "Spaces of Our Own: Women's Media," and news from the Pacific region.

Male Advocacy on Women’s Human Rights
July 9, 2004 –(Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre) For the first time in the Northern Division men from the church, military, police and various government departments, have come together and collectively agreed that they will work towards addressing violence against women.

GANG RAPE IN COUP
July 8, 2004 - (Fiji Sun) Gang rape and heathen worship took place in the parliamentary complex at the height of the May 2000 crisis, the treason trial was told yesterday.

FEM'TALK ENEWS JUNE BULLETIN
June 2004 - (femLINKpacific) Includes information about the preparations underway for the 4th Anniversary of Resolution 1325 and, in particular, what Pacific women can do to become involved in the preparations and contribute to the Pacific-specific information sharing for the NGO alternative report, Four Years On.

REFLECTIONS FROM DENARAU
June 2, 2004 - (femLINK Pacific) Since Thursday last week, we (femLINKpacific) have been documenting and dissemination experiences and issues around the process that has resulted in the release of the Denarau Statement and the Final Communique from the 7th Commonwealth meeting for the Ministers responsible for Women’s Affairs as a member of the 7WAMM - CSO Forum media team.

UN SCR 1325 INCORPORATED INTO THE COMMONWEALTH PLAN OF ACTION FOR GENDER EQUALITY
May 31, 2004 - (femLINK Pacific) As the 7th Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting got away in Nadi today, consensus was reached last night (Sunday 30 May) to incorporate the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 into the Commonwealth Gender Plan of Action which has identified the issues of Democracy, Peace and Conflict as one of the key priority areas for the next decade (2005 - 2015).

FIJI: NEW MOBILE WOMEN’S COMMUNITY RADIO PROJECT
May 19, 2004 – (femLINKpacific press release) Four year after the May 2000 coup, femLINKpacific (Media Initiatives for Women) a women’s community media based NGO in Suva is preparing for the inaugural broadcast of its new mobile women’s community radio project, femTALK 89.2FM which will be staged on Sunday May 23, 2004 live from the St. Joseph’s Secondary School Hall in Suva.

FEMTALK ENEWS APRIL BULLETIN
April, 2004 – (FemLINKpacific) Includes: "No Women No Peace: The Importance of Women's Participation to Achieve Peace and Security, a summary of the report by the NGO Working Group together with training news."

CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS DRAW ATTENTION TO WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
March 12, 2004 – (femLINKpacific) “This week has been a milestone for us the women of Fiji, whereby we were able to draw attention to our achievements and our concerns and together we came united in our endeavour to promote peace, security and HIV/Aids Free Fiji” said the Assistant Minister for Women, Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation, the Honourable Losena Salabula, at the closing of the three day Women, Peace and Security workshop (March 11) which was organized by the Fiji Women, Peace and Security Coordinating Committee in Suva.

WOMEN ARE REGION'S PEACEMAKERS, BUT EXCLUDED FROM LEADERSHIP
March 9, 2004 – (The Sydney Morning Herald) In the South Pacific, it is often women who suffer the most during and after the conflict, writes Elsina Wainwright.

DEFINING OUR PEACE AND SECURITY NEEDS
March 9, 2004 – (femLINKpacific) At the Women and Peace workshop that got underway in Suva today (09 March) participants began working out their personal definitions of peace and security. Workshop trainer/facilitator Henry Rigamoto, was overwhelmed by the knowledge and experiences shared: “I have been involved in a number of peacebuilding workshops through the Ecumenical Centre (ECREA) and also in my work as Coordinator of Interfaith Search Fiji, but today I am totally overwhelmed by today’s very positive and inspiring discussions. They have recognised their role in ensuring peace and security at a personal, local and national level, and that means that this is a very important empowerment process because they are also recognising the power and knowledge within oneself and ones community to be peace builders, to assist in conflict prevention and conflict resolution.”

WHAT'S ON AND WHERE...IN FIJI FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2004
February 2004 – (femLINKpacific) This year at a national level, government departments, members of the UN family and women's groups are collaborating for what will be a week of activities, not only in the capital city, but at a local level as well.

FEMTALK E-NEWS FEBRUARY BULLETIN
February 2004 - Includes: "The National Planning Committee for Fiji's International Women's Day commemoration has confirmed the theme for the week-long activities as "Women, Peace and Security and HIV/AIDS free Fiji."

REGIONAL CONSULTATION AIMS TO STRENGTHEN WOMEN'S PEACE NETWORK
January 19, 2004 – (femLINKpacific) Several members of the Fiji Women, Peace and Security Coordinating Committee, including Catholic Women's League Fiji International Secretary, Susana Evening, the Gender and Peace programme Coordinator of the Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy, Koila Costello-Ollson and femLINKpacific Coordinator (also Secretary of the National Council of Women Fiji) Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, will be leaving for East Timor this week, to attend a Pacific Regional Consultation on for Pacific Women which is bring jointly organized by the IFOR Women Peacemakers Program (Netherlands), and the Peace and Democracy Foundation (East Timor).

FIRST FEMTALK E-NEWS BULLETIN OF 2004
January 2004 - Includes fem’TALK 1325: Defence and Security is women’s business too says the Fiji Women, Peace and Security Committee.

2003

MEDIA RELEASE #5 ON BEHALF OF THE WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY COORDINATING COMMITTEE (FIJI)
December 4, 2003 – (femLINKpacific) "It is time to put in place practical action for conflict prevention", said participants at the 5 day training workshop organized by the Women Peace and Security Coordinating Committee (Fiji) on Conflict Prevention and Early Warning at the Lagoon Resort, Pacific Harbour which ends Friday (05 December), "and this must ensure that all stakeholders, especially women, are involved in the current National Security and Defence Review, because we have a stake in peace and we have a stake in security."

MEDIA RELEASE #4 ON BEHALF OF THE WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY COORDINATING COMMITTEE (FIJI)
December 3, 2003 – (femLINKpacific) “There is a link between human security and human rights,” says Sarah Maguire, a co-trainer at this week’s training workshop on Conflict Prevention and Early Warning at the Lagoon Resort, Pacific Harbour which is being organized by the Fiji Women, Peace and Security Coordinating Committee (WPS CC).

MEDIA RELEASE #3 ON BEHALF OF THE WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY COORDINATING COMMITTEE (FIJI)
December 2, 2003 – (femLINKpacific) Participants at the 5 day training workshop on Conflict Prevention and Early Warning at the Lagoon Resort, Pacific Harbour, began discussions on Early Warning Conflict Signs and Early Response options as part of their training organized by the Women, Peace and Security Coordinating Committee (Fiji). The workshop is funded by UNIFEM Pacific.

MEDIA RELEASE #2 ON BEHALF OF THE WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY COORDINATING COMMITTEE (FIJI)
December 1, 2003 – (femLINKpacific) “Issues concerning women have not been a priority for those in position of influence, not only in institutions of the state, but more importantly traditional and faith based institutions” that was the humble admission by the Chairman of the Bose Levu Vakaturaga/Great Council of Chiefs (BLV/GCC) Ratu Epeli Ganilau. This he said was an unfortunate and gross omission. However, he further highlighted, the BLV/GCC is working to demonstrate its acknowledgment of the contribution made by women in our multi ethnic community.

MEDIA RELEASE #1 ON BEHALF OF THE WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY COORDINATING COMMITTEE (FIJI)
November 28 2003 – (femLINKpacific) The Chairman of the Bose Levu Vakaturaga/Great Council of Chiefs, Ratu Epeli Ganilau, will officially open a 5 day training workshop organized by the Women Peace and Security Coordinating Committee (Fiji) on Conflict Prevention and Early Warning at the Lagoon Resort, Pacific Harbour, on Monday 01 December at 1030am.

UPDATE FROM fem’LINKpacific: MEDIA INITIATIVES FOR WOMEN
November 2003 - (femTALK E’News 11/2003) The November issue of femTALK E'News includes an update of the UNIFEM-supported fem’TALK 1325 Community Magazine and recent activities of the Fiji Women, Peace and Security Committee.

CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE FIJI TAKES PEACE VIGIL INITIATIVE TO THE YASAWAS
September 17, 2003 (femLINKpacific) From Thursday (18 September 2003) there will be a flurry of activity at the Lautoka Wharf as representative of parishes from across Fiji, come together for the annual general meeting of the Catholic Women's League Fiji which this year will be staged at Nasomolevu, Vuaki, Yasawa, the home village of the 'League's spiritual adviser, Archbishop Petero Mataca.

FIJI WOMEN CONDUCT WORKSHOP IN BOUGAINVILLE
August 18, 2003 – (PACNEWS – Bougainville) Three of Fiji's top women counsellors are in Bougainville to conduct a two-week workshop on counselling skills for the island's leaders.

WOMEN UNDER-REPRESENTED IN FIJI MEDIA
August 9, 2003 – (Pacific Media Watch – Suva) There is a gross under-representation of women's views in the Fiji media, says the director of femLink Pacific, Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls.