Women’s Crisis Centre calls on the PM to retract his comments and apologise to Dr Chand and the women of Fiji
Women’s Crisis Centre calls on the PM to retract his comments and apologise to Dr Chand and the women of Fiji
Centre Coordinator Shamima Ali
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre says it is appalled at the Prime Minister’s uncalled for and misogynistic attack on one of University of the South Pacific’s renowned and award-winning academic Dr Rajni Chand.
Centre Coordinator Shamima Ali says in a statement that the actions of the Prime Minister at home is different from what he passionately talks about in his high level engagements on the world stage.
Change in alcohol prices not a deterrent for our social woes – Ali
Change in alcohol prices not a deterrent for our social woes – Ali
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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator, Shamima Ali says while the prices of certain alcohol products will increase from January 18th, she thinks the increase is too less of a deterrent to stop people, in particular men, from buying and consuming.
Ali says government should have considered the repercussions of dropping the excise duty on alcohol in the first place.
She adds they are already receiving cases of men fighting with their partners over their alcohol and yaqona money and this little increase will only make matters worse for many women, girls and children already burdened with family issues and abuse.