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Women’s Action for Change


Address 333 Waimanu Road
Suva, NA
Fiji
Phone(679) 3314 363 Fax(679) 3305 033
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Web Addresshttp:/www.iwda.org.au
Type Advocacy Group, Media Production: Film/Video/DVD, Media Production: New Media, Research, Service, Theatre/Venue, Youth Center
NonprofitYes

Description

Women’s Action for Change (WAC) was founded in 1993 by a group of local feminist women who identified a need for more community-based, participatory work on gender equality issues for diverse women in Fiji.

The aim was to create a feminist, ecologically sustainable community-based organisation using a wide variety of theatre and arts-based learning methods, working toward full gender equality and social justice for all. WAC also know that work to envision and create a gender equal future necessarily includes attention to conflict transformation, active nonviolence and peacebuilding. 

WAC is founded on the principle that all persons, hence women, are equal regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, religion, gender identity and sexual orientation or ability.

Our Dream or mission, is to create safe spaces where individuals and groups, particularly marginalised people, can gain strength and confidence to build a just society.”

16 years on, WAC works in 12 provinces around Fiji (with limited regional and international work), using participative arts to connect with people in remote, rural and urban communities, and especially working among individuals and groups, including women, girls and transpeople experiencing intersecting forms of discrimination, marginalisation, violence and poverty.

2009-10 programmatic areas:
•  Gender,  peacebuilding and restorative justice;
•  Elimination of all forms of gender based violence;
•  Sexuality rights and SRHR advancement;
•  Gender and climate justice;
•  Women and alternative, sustainable development;
•  Child and youth rights, health and safety;
•  And other areas of urgent community response.

Contacts:
Peni Moore, Creative Director
Noelene Nabulivou, WAC Coordinator
333 Waimanu Road, SUVA, FIJI
PO Box 12398, SUVA, FIJI
Phone: (679) 3314 363
Mobile: (679) 9445258
Fax: (679) 3305 033
E-mail: wac@connect.com.fj
Coordinator email: noelenen@gmail.com


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Work		Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Police Brutality, Prison Reform, Prisoner Rights, Economic Justice, Economic Development, Housing and Homelessness, Illiteracy, Labor, Poverty, Welfare, Environment, Agriculture, Animal Rights, Biodiversity, Corporate Violations to the Environment, Environmental Justice, Environmental Preservation, Pollution, Sustainable Agriculture, Family & Society, Gay/Lesbian, Gay/Lesbian Adoption, Gay/Lesbian Discrimination, Gay/Lesbian Hate Crimes, Gay/Lesbian Health, Gay/Lesbian Marriage, Transgender, Gender/Women, Body Image, Equal Opportunities, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Harrassment, Violence against women, Health/Health Advocacy, AIDS, Drug Abuse, Elderly, Health Reform, Mental Health, Physical Disabilities, Women's Health, Human Rights, Immigration, Immigration Laws, Migrant Workers, Refugees, International, Australia/New Zealand/South Pacific, Media, Censorship, Digital Divide, Digital Media, Fair Representation, Media Literacy, Politics/Government, Arms and gun control, Legal Reform, Peace/War, Voting/Elections, Racial Justice, Indigenous Peoples, Racial Discrimination, Racial Hate Crimes, Religious Freedom, Youth, Adoption/Foster Care, Child Abuse, Educational reform, Gangs, Identity, Teen Pregnancy, Youth Drug Abuse