FWCC

It has signed a five-year memorandum of understanding with the Australian National Rugby League and the Fiji National Rugby League to help them run programmes that use the sport's platform to prevent violence.

The NRL's Voice against Violence program will be implemented in Fiji and the Pacific over coming months, with players, officials and administrators receiving training on gender, violence against women and human rights.

The topic was the subject of discussion among police officers from around the Pacific who are attending a training program on gender, violence against violence and laws related to gender-based violence.

The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre conducted the Police Regional Training Program for 30 officers from 11 countries with funding from the Australian Federal Police.

A cohort of 30 police officers from 11 Pacific countries are attending the training workshop to help them understand violence against women and to deal sensitively with such cases.

 Police officers attending the Fourth Police Regional Training Program discussed sexual harassment and rape as part of the two-week workshop.