Fiji

Oxfam ready to respond in aftermath of severe Tropical Cyclone Winston in Fiji

February 20, 2016

Oxfam is poised to respond in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Winston currently battering Fiji.

Fijian national welcomed to Oxfam’s Pacific family

June 25, 2015

Community development specialist and current Chief Executive of Save the Children Fiji, Raijeli Nicole, aappointed Oxfam’s new Regional Director for the Pacific.

Cyclone Evan: Oxfam assessing critical needs

December 17, 2012

Andy Thomson, Oxfam’s Water and Sanitation Advisor, has been in Samoa throughout the cyclone. He is part of a team of assessors, including the Samoan National Disaster Management Office, surveying the damage and determining people’s most urgent needs.

Pacific Islands Forum: Will leaders face the challenges?

August 27, 2012

After a year of New Zealand’s role as Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, the Cook Islands is about to pick up the baton for the next year. The region faces formidable challenges ahead and the Pacific’s regional institutions even more so. The forthcoming Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting will be a crucial test of whether regionalism, government leadership and the Pacific institutions can step up to meet these challenges.

Pacific nations join forces to tackle international arms trade

February 29, 2012

Ending the deadly impact of the illicit trade in firearms and reducing the threat of armed conflict in the Pacific will be the focus of talks in Brisbane this week. Those attending the talks will also develop a regional position to take to negotiations at the United Nations in July for the world’s first truly global, legally binding Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The treaty will seek to establish common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms.

A woman of courage

January 30, 2012

The leader of the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement, Virisila Buadromo, has been awarded the prestigious Women Have Wings Courage Award.

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