Pause Facebook for a day, says Duituturaga

The influence of social media has led to violence in the homes and children being rebellious, says Emele Duituturaga.

The Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO) executive director shared the importance of bridging the generational gap through effective policies and monitoring during a conference in Nadi. Ms Duituturaga said even though Fiji has been decolonised, globalisation continues to colonise.

“On Sunday I choose not to login to Facebook. Most of the time, me and husband when waking up in the morning, before praying or reading the Bible we start with Facebook. That’s colonialism and globalisation, they have entered our homes, our families,” Ms Duituturaga said.

“We have to make a decision that we need to clear our mind because everything starts in the mind. It is not an easy thing to do to recolonise our mind. For me it has been 20 years that I have been searching for solutions. Our own personal decisions are important.

“I am inviting everybody to stop Facebook for one day. Pause. At the Pasifika Communities University (PCU) they have talked about the ethics of Pause. “In our world today, everything is moving fast,” she said.

“In our home, all family members are focused on their phones than communicating to each other orally. That is why a lot of things domestic violence and killing is going because when the husband wants to communicate with the wife or the children, they all are focusing and spending hours on their phones and Facebook. Full stop and pause and serve God and serve your family.

“Discipline your mind.”