Ministry of Women

Ministry Looks For Solutions To Glue Sniffing, Street Kids
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Ministry Looks For Solutions To Glue Sniffing, Street Kids

“We recognise that drug abuse, and particularly glue sniffing, is a significant issue. We have been in conversatio...

Bernadette Ganilau Questions Absence Of Government MP
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Bernadette Ganilau Questions Absence Of Government MP

The Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice together with the Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty...

Eastern Division Lau And Lomaiviti Women Show Begins
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Eastern Division Lau And Lomaiviti Women Show Begins

The stage is set for the two-day Eastern Division Lau and Lomaiviti Women’s Expo at the Civic Centre Auditorium ca...

Parents, Guardians Told Why Children Leave Home
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Parents, Guardians Told Why Children Leave Home

Children often leave their homes because the love they longed for no longer exists at home.

Josateki Tabaka, 90, Gets Prostate Screening, Widow, 58, Makes Health A Priority
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Josateki Tabaka, 90, Gets Prostate Screening, Widow, 58, Makes Health A Priority

 At 90 years old, Jo­sateki Tabaka still makes use of free health checkups near his place of Kuku in Nausori.

Parents Urged To Spend Quality Time With Their Children
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Parents Urged To Spend Quality Time With Their Children

Children, who don’t feel safe, must immediately seek help or use the Na­tional Child Helpline.

REACH Makes It Easy For Rural Fiji
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REACH Makes It Easy For Rural Fiji

Access to services has always been difficult for those liv­ing in the interior of Viti Levu.

REACH Mission Concludes On A High Note
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REACH Mission Concludes On A High Note

People on the island of Rotuma made use of 24 Government and non-government ser­vices offered in the past two weeks...

Social Welfare Worker Says Child Eating Noodles Often Is Negligence
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Social Welfare Worker Says Child Eating Noodles Often Is Negligence

Children eating noodles five days a week is considered child negligence, says Senior Welfare Officer, Sevanaia Tuiwasa.

16 Ono-i-Lau Women  Graduate at Training Centre
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16 Ono-i-Lau Women  Graduate at Training Centre

For the 49-year-old mother of four and grandmother of four, weaving mats and making use of the available resources o...

Early Christmas Party At The Home
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Early Christmas Party At The Home

“I am, especially pleased with the 100 per cent vaccination coverage of residents in this home. It was indeed a co...

Chinese Women Donate $85K Of Supplies To Ministry Of Women
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Chinese Women Donate $85K Of Supplies To Ministry Of Women

Mr Qian said in China, there was a popular saying about women and that was women hold up half of the sky which meant...

$4m Project For Elderly Citizens Nears Completion
NEWS

$4m Project For Elderly Citizens Nears Completion

The upgraded facility will essentially have a 40-bed capacity and is designed to have 20 male and 20 female resident...

Fire Victim Refuses Accommodation At HART
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Fire Victim Refuses Accommodation At HART

The Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Honorable Rosy Akbar today assured that Ms. Anita Devi who...

Top Up For 3 Welfare Assistance Schemes
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Top Up For 3 Welfare Assistance Schemes

The Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Mereseini Vuniwaqa was speaking during the launch of the Wo...

Take Care Of Your Mental Health During The COVID-19 Pandemic
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Take Care Of Your Mental Health During The COVID-19 Pandemic

According to Fiji National University, Head of School of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor Dr Odille Chang, the ...

Abandoned Loved Ones End Up At Senior Citizens Home
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Abandoned Loved Ones End Up At Senior Citizens Home

“People bring their relatives to the Colonial War Memorial Hospital or even to St Giles and leave them there, with...

‘Begging is Better Than Stealing’
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‘Begging is Better Than Stealing’

“I am collecting money to buy wood so I can patch up the floor in my house,” she said as she watched someone dro...

Fiji Budget 2019: Fijians Getting Assistance
Budget 2019

Fiji Budget 2019: Fijians Getting Assistance

...the biggest challenge the ministry encounters is the lack of support from the families and communities to suppo...

Agreement Upholds Women’s Rights, Support Services in Fiji
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Agreement Upholds Women’s Rights, Support Services in Fiji

“Developing and nurturing partnerships is critical in advancing gender equality. Ms Bernklau said.

Ministry Mulls Over Help For The Homeless
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Ministry Mulls Over Help For The Homeless

In an earlier interview the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Vuniwaqa, highlighted th...

Nursing Students To Get Experience At State Homes
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Nursing Students To Get Experience At State Homes

Permanent Secretary Jennifer Poole said students would receive placement at either of the ministry’s three state h...

Project Targets Rises In Beggar Population
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Project Targets Rises In Beggar Population

Concerns were raised recently on the number of beggars in Lautoka City.

Ministry Distributes School Supplies
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Ministry Distributes School Supplies

The Ministry for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation brought joy to underprivileged parents and children in some...

Notable Drop In Number Of Teenage Pregnancies, Says Koroivueta
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Notable Drop In Number Of Teenage Pregnancies, Says Koroivueta

  There has been a decline in the total cases of teenage pregnancies recorded in 2018 when compared to 2017. Th...

Push To Raise Number Of Women Construction Workers
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Push To Raise Number Of Women Construction Workers

In recent years there has been a nationwide push to increase the number of female construction workers in Fiji. Habi...

Unsupervised Kids ‘Drink Kerosene, Ingest Chemicals
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Unsupervised Kids ‘Drink Kerosene, Ingest Chemicals

Parents and guardians have been warned about the consequences of leav­ing children unsupervised. The warning came f...

Three Senior Homes Renamed Golden Age Home
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Three Senior Homes Renamed Golden Age Home

  The three senior citizen nursing homes looked after by the Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviatio...

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