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Women in society. 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 the fields of economic and social development in Fijian society. The women of the Republic of Fiji are the "driving force" in health service as nurses and medical doctors.
The Fiji women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Fiji, representing them at rugby union. They played their first test against Samoa in 2006, and compete annually in the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship. In 2022, they created history when they scored the third-highest points in both Men's and Women's Rugby at the ...
The Fiji Women's Rights Movement was founded by 56 women in 1986, including those who had set up the first support organisation against gender-related violence in Fiji, the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre (FWCC). They were determined that their group would "seek to change laws and policies which discriminated against women or that failed to ...
Violence against women in Fiji is recognised to be "pervasive, widespread and a serious national issue" [1] in the Pacific Island region. Fiji's rates of violence against women are "among the very highest in the world". [2] The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre reports that 64% of women who have been in intimate relationships have experienced physical ...
This tournament will serve as a qualifier for the 2026 Women's Rugby League World Cup. Fiji (ranked 26th) play Cook Islands (ranked 6th) and Tonga (ranked 14th) play Samoa (ranked 24th). The winners meet in the Pacific Bowl Final. The winner of the Pacific Bowl Final will become the 7th team to qualify for the World Cup.
The Fiji women's national football team (Fijian: timi ni soka ni marama ni Viti) represents Fiji in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Fiji Football Association . Results and fixtures
The Fiji women's national rugby sevens team represents Fiji at regional and international sevens tournaments. They have won four Pacific Games gold medals, two Oceania Championships, a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics. They also compete in the World Rugby Sevens Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens.
The Fiji women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Fiji in international Women's cricket matches. Fiji has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1965. [5] The national women's team made its international debut against Samoa in 2010 and its Women's Twenty20 International (T20I ...