SUVA, Fiji - “We face the challenge that patriarchal attitudes and structural violence has been ingrained and reinforced in our culture and religious practice”
The UN in the Pacific, recognizes the need to continue to support the Fijian Government, and in-turn support the people of Fiji, in this response effort.
Working through the Humanitarian Cluster System, which mimics the National Cluster System, the United Nations is supporting Fiji’s response to TC Yasa.
The Pacific has among the world’s highest rates of gender-based violence. National research shows that 72% of Fijian women experience gender-based violence