Veena Kumar Bhatnagar
Member of Parliament, Fiji
Fiji
Meraia Taufa Vakatale: anti-nuclear activist and feminist trailblazer
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Social media discourse a barrier to women candidates in Fiji?
Fiji has concluded the 2023 elections and the results are in.
Fight to get Fijian women in politics
Fijian women remain severely under-represented in politics.
November 17, 2022
Women representation in 2022 Fijian Elections
The 2022 Fiji general election, for 55 seats in the Parliament, will take place on 14 December 2022. So far 316 provisional candidates have been named from 8 of the 9 political parties of which 55 are women—17 per cent of the total number.
Fiji: “Unshackle the chains”
Italy recently joined Great Britain, Finland and New Zealand after the country elected its first woman prime minister.
May 6, 2022
Fiji: Young people, women encouraged to take part In this year’s elections
Young eligible Fijians are encouraged to take part in the 2022 General Elections.
Young eligible Fijians are encouraged to take part in the 2022 General Elections.
How women politicians of Fiji are treated on Facebook
The number of women in parliament is consistently low throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Many factors contribute to this situation, but studies suggest that one major factor relates to the way that women are treated on social media.
Hope for women in Fiji's 2022/2023 general election
Some of the countries in the Melanesian region has a low percentage of women in the Parliament when compared to the global average.