Violence against women in Fiji is recognised to be "pervasive, widespread and a serious national issue" in the Pacific Island region. Fiji's rates of violence...

Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), is violent acts primarily committed by men...

Women in Fiji live in or are from the Republic of Fiji. On March 8, 2007, The Fiji Times ONLINE described Fijian women as playing an important role in...

children victims of violence in Fiji. The Women's Crisis Centre started in August 1984. The founding group met in 1983, when women of a variety of races...

Violence against women in Guatemala reached severe levels during the long-running Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996), and the continuing impact of that...

exacerbated gender violence and discrimination against women in Iraq, limiting women's movement and opportunities. The Yazidi women have been severely...

prostitution experience higher levels of violence against them than the general population of women. A long-term study published in 2004 estimated the homicide rate...

Senta Tushin. 3: 23–38. Cabinet Office, Gender Equality Bureau. "Violence against Women" (PDF). gender.go.jp. Japanese Gender Equality Bureau Cabinet Office...

killers by country Violence against women in Fiji Naivaluwaqa, Timothy (23 February 2005). "Murder suspect guilty of crimes". Fiji Times. ProQuest 376817277...

Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence. It was estimated in 2012 that 40 percent of women have experienced physical sexual violence. About...

anti-discrimination measures, and reforms to the penal code (in particular with regard to crimes of violence against women). The Etruscan civilization (/ɪˈtrʌskən/ ih-TRUS-kən)...

Hinduism in Fiji (Fiji Hindi: फिजी में सनातन धर्) is the second-largest religion, and primarily has a following among Indo-Fijians, the descendants of...

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setting up women's committees, 'zhensoviets,' which campaigned for women's emancipation and intervened in cases of violence against women. Alpern-Engel...

The role of women in Egypt has changed over time, from ancient to the modern era. Early archaeological records show that Egyptian women were considered...

Violence against Women, 8.2% of Armenian women suffered domestic abuse and violence in 2021. Armenia has been lacking well-established laws against domestic aggression...

up the first support organisation against gender-related violence in Fiji, the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre (FWCC). They were determined that their group...

interest or the dignity of the husband or his wife. Women have no legal protection against domestic violence or sexual harassment by anyone, and the constitution...

Status of Women,” to address women’s rights. The stated objectives of this committee are to prevent discrimination, combat violence against women, and promote...

the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly....

led by older women.: 118  In Henan in the 1980s, activist Liang Jun campaigned against domestic violence. In 2004, the All-China Women's Federation compiled...

earnings of grown children. Domestic violence against women was a continuing problem. Police rarely intervened in domestic disputes unless it involved...

States of the Council of Europe in the field of violence against women" (PDF). Bizkaia.net. Retrieved 16 July 2016. Women, Business and the Law 2018, Azerbaijan...

domestic violence. Violence against women is widely tolerated by the community, and it is widely practiced in Afghanistan. Violence against women in Afghanistan...

in the police, military, and as judges in courts. However, women in Kuwait struggle against a patriarchal culture which discriminates against them in...

justice, reducing violence against women, human rights, and LGBTQ rights. Nabulivou grew up between Perth, Australia and Fiji. In Perth she was involved...

domestic violence is committed against females. Common forms of violence against women in Nigeria are rape, acid attacks, molestation, wife beating, and...

lactating women in India, with repercussions for children's health. Violence against women, especially sexual violence, is a serious concern in India. A...

challenges precipitated by wartime violence. There is an agreement amongst scholars that the earlier, Mesopotamian era of women were afforded greater personal...

The status of women in Bangladesh has been subject to many important changes over the past few centuries. Bangladeshi women have made significant progress...