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Ifereimi Vasu, Minister of Heritage and Arts. Website. education.gov.fj. The Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts is the ministry of Fiji responsible for overseeing Fiji's education system. [2] The current Minister for Education is Viliame Gavoka, who was appointed to the position in January 23rd 2024 [3]
Education in Fiji. Primary school education in Fiji is compulsory, and subsidized for eight years. [1] In 1978, the gross primary enrollment ratio was 113.5 percent, and the net primary enrollment rate was 97.7 percent. [1] As of 2009, attendance was decreasing due to security concerns and the burden of school fees, often due to the cost of ...
The Fiji Women's Rights Movement (FWRM) is a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural organisation based in Suva, Fiji, that works to remove discrimination against women through attitudinal changes and institutional reforms. FWRM believes in the practice and promotion of feminism, democracy, good governance and human rights.
The Fijian coups d'état of 1987 resulted in the overthrow of the elected government of Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra, the deposition of Elizabeth II as Queen of Fiji, and in the declaration of a republic. The first coup d'état, in which Bavadra was deposed, took place on 14 May 1987; a second coup d'état on 25 September ended the ...
Women in society. Women in Fiji live in or are from the Republic of Fiji. On March 8, 2007, The Fiji Times ONLINE described Fijian women as playing an important role in the fields of economic and social development in Fijian society. The women of the Republic of Fiji are the "driving force" in health service as nurses and medical doctors.
Violence against women in Fiji is recognised to be "pervasive, widespread and a serious national issue" [1] in the Pacific Island region. Fiji's rates of violence against women are "among the very highest in the world". [2] The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre reports that 64% of women who have been in intimate relationships have experienced physical ...
Fenc Fiji is a non-political, non-profit, cause oriented, and voluntary organization with a mission to provide education and related support to the underprivileged children of the Fiji Islands. It is a locally based, national NGO founded in 2009 to address the issues of poverty reduction through the provision of education and related support to ...
The Fiji Law Reform Commission is independent publicly funded commission, which helps develop and review legislation in Fiji. The Fiji Law Reform Commission Act established the Commission in 1979, to serve as an advisory body to the government and Parliament. The Commission reviews legislation and advises the lawmakers as to how to implement ...