Elizabeth Krishna, 52, of Fiji,who works through the Catholic Church to combat unemployment and crime and close the gap between rich and poor, was one of 16 women from five regions in the South Pacific who attended the 2013 Summer Peace building Institute (SPI) at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), May 6 -June 14. Krishna says, ” for me, it’s always Read more
A national survey in Fiji on the prevalence of violence against women in relationships shows that women in rural areas are more at risk of being abused than others. The survey was carried out by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre, which interviewed more than 3,000 women over two years, from rural and urban areas in Read more
Archbishop elect of Suva Peter Loy said the church had failed to take on the issue of sexual violence with a front-on approach. Loy Chong made the comment when asked about the church’s view’s about the increase in acts of sexual violence. He said preaching about the ills of sexual violence from the pulpit is not enough. Read more
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre is engaging churches to help spread its message. Approximately 30 pastors, priests, pundits and Imams have been invited to attend a two-day awareness workshop in Nadi to help them better understand gender related violence. As a part of the workshop, the religious leaders will be expected to examine their own religious Read more
A two day workshop on Channels of Hope for Gender was recently conducted for Church leaders from the Anglican Church and South Sea Evangelical Church (SSEC), the two major denominations in the Solomon Islands. The workshop was held to encourage the churches to take the lead in advocating against Gender Based Violence in families and Read more
A report on gender based violence in Tonga has found that three out of every four women there experiences male violence during her life. The foreword was written by the Prime Minister Lord Tuivakano, who also spoke at the launch ceremony. He said the disturbing statistics show how women have been the focus of rejection Read more
Tongan Bishop, Paini Mafi, says church leaders need to open their eyes and look beyond the bible in order to understand and combat a “huge problem” of gender based violence. “As leaders of our churches we ought to be at the forefront of current issues such as violence against women and children, which are affecting not Read more