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DEATH IN CUSTODY IS AN APPALLING TRAGEDY
“PACIFIC NEEDS STRONG CEDAW CANDIDATE”
"EMERGING LEADERS’ FORUM 2007"
“ARMY HAS NO ROLE IN POLICING”
ARMY HAS NO ROLE IN POLICING
WOMEN SUPPORT STRIKING NURSES
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COMMUNITY WORKERS TO LEARN ABOUT THE FAMILY LAW ACT
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JOINT STATEMENT: 'POLITICS IS NOT JUST ABOUT POLITICIANS AND PARTIES'
WATER IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT
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KEEP THE MEDIA FREE
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Media Releases - 2007

 

WOMEN SUPPORT STRIKING NURSES

25th July 2007

THE FIJI Women’s Rights Movement today expressed its support for Fiji’s striking nurses.  Members of the Fiji Nurses Association (FNA) went on strike at midnight last night, after talks with the interim regime failed.  The nurses are calling for the reinstatement of the five per cent pay cut imposed on all civil servants earlier this year. 

 

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DEATH IN CUSTODY IS AN APPALLING TRADEGY

6TH June, 2007

THE DEATH in custody of a young Nasinu man is an appalling tragedy, and a product of the current environment of violence, machismo and illegality, says the Fiji Women's Rights Movement.  Local media reports that Tevita Malasebe was taken into police custody on Monday night and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital at 8am the next morning.

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ARMY HAS NO ROLE IN POLICING, SAYS FWRM

 

9th May 2007

THE MILITARY does not have a role in policing our community and must remain in barracks, says the Fiji Women s Rights Movement.  FWRM s comments come in the wake of media reports that the Fiji military will be posting soldiers to every police post, as well as being included in the law enforcement Crimestoppers programme.

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PACIFIC NEEDS STRONG CEDAW CANDIDATE, SAYS FWRM

 

26th April, 2007

THE PACIFIC must put forward a strong candidate for upcoming elections to a key United Nations committee, says the Fiji Women s Rights Movement.  The Movement believes the UN committee which reviews state obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has a key role in pushing for the advancement of women in the Pacific region. 

 

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EMERGING LEADERS FORUM 2007

 

Monday 16 April 2007

 

What happens when you bring together 23 young women from a wide variety of backgrounds on a retreat?  An explosion of energy, creativity, ideas and debate, as well as lots of noise! 

 

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