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01 November, 2008
Girls against violence
In our cultural context, young women and girls are reared to be submissive to male authority and bear the greater burden of discriminatory treatment. This is a leading factor in young women and girls being more susceptible to sexual forms of violence with a high risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS. Stigma can also prevent young women and girls from reporting violence, especially sexual violence. In most cases, the per...
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01 November, 2008
A powerful cycle for women
The title of my column this month may mislead you to thinking of a new and powerful and digitized 2 wheeled machine designed especially for women, or even perhaps another new discovery in controlling our own personal female bodily functions, but dear reader, a far more worthy cycle for us all was shared with us in the last week of October! I had the honor to be part of a recently ended operational workshop hosted by the Elections Office, wher...
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01 November, 2008
Mai TV News!
League Action Live! by Richard Broadbridge We took a punt and it seems to be paying off! That punt was Rugby League. When Rights negotiations were underway last year we weren't really sure about how Fiji would react to 18 matches and 19 hours of highlights on a free to air channel. It's never been done before in Fiji. I suppose that's what competition does. With the help of Vodafone we were able to purchase Pacific wide rights and t...
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01 November, 2008
Disjointed Ramblings
imagine all the hot air As I write this, fifteen political parties have just met the interim PM at the Parliament complex. Can you just imagine the amount of backstabbing being planned and formulated during that time? They’re politicians, so backstabbing comes easily to them. Right after the meeting, they all said that they had ‘fruitful dialogue’, whatever that means. There was also talk about how ‘we want to move...
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01 November, 2008
Politically connected
“Connectile dysfunction” refers to an inability to gain or maintain an Internet connection. Everyone in Fiji has suffered from this at one point or another. It’s nothing to be embarrassed about. The condition used to hit me when I was in the middle of something important but thankfully, has eased up over the past year or two. Patience, deep breaths and a reliable Internet service provider have made all the difference in the ...
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