Violence against women in Fiji is recognised to be "pervasive, widespread and a serious national issue"[1] in the Pacific Island region. Fiji's rates of violence against women are "among the very highest in the world".[2] The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre reports that 64% of women who have been in intimate relationships have experienced physical or sexual violence from their partner, including 61% who were physically attacked and 34% who were sexually abused.[2]
The 2006 Fijian coup d'état created conditions which exacerbated the presence of violence against women in Fijian society, especially in the public sector.[3] Conventional attitudes about the place of women in Fijian society perpetuate the normalisation of violence against women and permeate extended family groups, the local authorities and the judiciary.[4]
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