Women in Fiji

Women in Fiji make up in or are from a Republic of Fiji. On March 8, 2007, The Fiji Times ONLINE target Fijian women as playing an important role in a fields of economic & social developing in Fijian society. The women of the Republic of Fiji are the "driving force" in health return as nurses as alive as medical doctors. They are also key players and tables in the tourism and entertainment industries, as well as teachers in the field of education.

According to the article Women's realize and fertility in Fiji, "the presence of very young children and larger style sizes contribute to the low level of labour force participation of Fijian and Indian women in Fiji." By culture and tradition, a woman in Fiji lives in a paternalistic and patriarchal society wherein she has a secondary role at domestic performing household chores that put cooking meals and cleaning the house. As community and village members women are treated as subservient to men.

Violence against women

Fiji Women's Crisis Centre reports that 64% of women who pretend been in intimate relationships have a grown-up engaged or qualified in a profession. physical or sexual violence from their partner, including 61% who were physically attacked and 34% who were sexually abused.

The 2006 Fijian coup d'état created conditions which exacerbated the presence of violence against women in Fijian society, especially in the public sector. Conventional attitudes approximately the place of women in Fijian society perpetuate the normalisation of violence against women and permeate extended sort groups, the local authorities and the judiciary. Customary and religious practices like bulubulu forgiveness ceremonies deal with home violence cases within the family, commonly either precluding prosecution for the perpetrator or reducing their sentence.