30 young people from the Methodist Church in Lautoka are gathering at the Rotuma Methodist Church in Maravu Street Lautoka from Monday 1/11/21 to 2/11/21 to discuss how negative social norms influence gender-based violence. The workshop is organised by the House of Sarah and is funded by the German Embassy in Wellington. Resource persons are […]
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A collection of Gender Based Violence campaign videos produced by the House of Sarah with the support of many donors. Video Links available. 2016 – 2017 A documentary made during the production of the “Gender Violence is a Sin” TVC campaign for the Fiji Council of Churches – with UNWomen and DFAT. With One Voice […]
News
National Action Plan to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls #NAPFiji consultation – Faith Setting. Nailega, Tailevu – 18 Nov 2021
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The workshop was organized by House of Sarah for the Fiji NAP consultation. It was jointly resourced by the NAP Secretariat team comprised of staff from Ministry for Women and FWCC. Story by: FWCC FB Page
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https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/UN-Women-impact-story-Fiji-Christian-communities-use-faith-based-approaches-to-prevent-violence-en.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1Dmem1AFhdkBsMVhaTdjTnJgxNV_rn9D11ObM1f63S5PT29uODCN1hQZU
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Greetings colleagues and friends of the House of Sarah and UN Women, We are so pleased to share with you a series of feature stories and testimonials highlighting the transformative work emanating from our joint Preventing Violence Against Women in Fiji’s Faith Settings (PVAWFFS) Initiative. As you may already know House of Sarah, in partnership […]
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Virtual meeting of Sarah Carers On Wednesday 18/8/21 ten Sarah Carers met virtually for the first time.T he meeting was facilitated by Revd Sereima Lomaloma. “Even though our ministry has been affected by the restrictions of COVID-19, we are still able to provide a listening ear to the vulnerable through the use of mobile phones, […]
Fijian Government – FIJI STARTS NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS ON ACTION PLAN TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS AUGUST 17, 2021 https://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Centre/News/FIJI-STARTS-NATIONAL-CONSULTATIONS-ON-ACTION-PLAN FIJI STARTS NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS ON ACTION PLAN TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS 25/11/2020 Wednesday 25 November 2020 (Suva, Fiji) – The Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation (MWCPA) held a high-level […]
Events
Community Awareness Phase Workshop: Understanding “Power Over” in St Marks Anglican Church, New Town – MARCH 17, 2021
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Community Awareness Phase Workshop: Understanding “Power Over” in St Marks Anglican Church, New Town. The convention was held at the St Marks, Parish in New Town mainly focusing on the three of the six mataqali’s or clans in the Solomon Community that reside in New Town, Nasinu. Three of the clans include the Sadro clan, […]
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Community Action Group meeting with the Fiji Police Force. The House of Sarah presented to the Southern Divisional Heads from the Fiji Police Force on the work they are doing. In high hopes and with the help of the Fiji Police Force, House of Sarah is looking forward to close partnership in our aim to […]
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Day One Refresher Course Training for our new male community activists in New Town, facilitated by the PVAWFFS Team (Preventing Violence against Women in Fiji’s Faith Settings).