Wanshika Kumar
16 February, 2021, 8:45 pm
Executive Director of the Fiji Womens Rights Movement and also the chair of the NGO Coalition on Human Rights chairperson Nalini Singh. Picture: SUPPLIED/Earth Negotiations Bulletinbudgets
THE youngest victims and survivors of rape cases in Fiji continue to be under the age of five.
This, according to a statement by the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement (FWRM) on the Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls Rape Case Analysis 2020.
FWRM executive director Nalini Singh said people’s attitudes towards women and girls contributed towards increasing sexual violence.
“Sexual violence is so heinous a crime and yet so prevalent in Fiji, not just against women and girls but children especially,” she said.
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