Since its inception in 1986, FWRM has continually voiced its concerns in the media on women's issues. FWRM's monitoring role on issues affecting women has been important in raising public awareness.

Our core services include:

Lobbying Activities

• June 1986 - Recommendations made to the Television Facilitating Committee on guidelines for the constructive and positive portrayal of women in the media;
• June 1987 - Proposal to the Garment Industry Tribunal supporting adequate minimum hourly rates for garment workers, the majority of whom are women. The Movement outlined the plight of non-unionized women workers and demanded minimum wages and improved working conditions for them. Although the Tribunal did set a minimum wage, the amount was far from adequate and issues of wage and working conditions are currently being addressed by the Women's Employment and Economic Rights (WEER) project;
• February 1987 - The first historic women's anti-rape march presented a petition of 5000 signatures calling for an improvement in rape laws and treatment of rape victims;
• April 1987 - Submissions were made to the Fiji Film Censor Board and to the newspapers protesting against the sexist insensitivity on the part of censors and advertisers;
• February 1988 - Met with the Chief Justice of Fiji to voice concerns at the spate of rapes and lenient sentencing of rapists. The Chief Justice subsequently acknowledged this when passing judgement. He said the treatment of rape offenders had raised a public outcry by FWRM prompting him to issue new sentencing guidelines for rapists. FWRM was recognized as a legitimate voice for women in Fiji; sentencing guidelines for rapists. FWRM was recognized as a legitimate voice for
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• Made a submission to the Beattie Commission on reforms to the Judicial system in Fiji
• Made a submission to the Fiji Census Board to incorporate women's issues in the design of the census questionnaires;
• Made submissions to the Constitutional Review Commission (1996) and lobbied MP's, urging sexual discrimination be made unlawful;
• In the Fiji Islands, Constitution Amendment Act of 1997, the clause 'sexual orientation' was included in the anti-discrimination provision of the Constitution making it unlawful to discriminate against any person on the grounds of sexual orientation;
• March 1997- International Women's Day - made a submission to the Minister of Women on women's unpaid work;
• FWRM is the lone voice campaigning on women workers issues through radio programs, television and newspapers as part of the Women's Employment and Economic Rights project (WEER);
• FWRM contributed to the roundtable discussions which resulted in the Draft Family Law Bill 2000;

Over the past decade, FWRM has

• Initiated media programs in print and on radio and television by contributing articles and stories to the newspapers and conducting interviews on radio and television to raise awareness and seek public support for eliminating the discrimination against women;
• Joined with established networks around the world and assisted in organizing activities to mark the 16 Days of Action Against Violence, International Women's Day, Thursdays in Black; and Human Rights Day.