Brigadier-General Ratu Epeli Nailatikau,CF,LVO,OBE,MSD,KStJ,is a Fijian chief who was President of Fiji from 2009 to 2015. He has had a long career in the Military,diplomatic service,and government. From 2001 to 2006 he served as Speaker of the House of Representatives –the lower and more powerful chamber of the Fijian Parliament. He was also the chairman of the Parliamentary Appropriations Committee and of the House Committee. On 8 January 2007,he was appointed the interim Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade;he was moved to the post of interim Minister for Provincial Development and Multi-Ethnic Affairs in September 2008. In October 2008,he became Indigenous Affairs Minister "and effectively Great Council of Chiefs chairman". On 17 April 2009,he was appointed Vice-President by the Military government.
Luísa Dias Diogo is a Mozambican politician who served as Prime Minister of Mozambique from February 2004 to January 2010. She replaced Pascoal Mocumbi,who had been Prime Minister for the previous nine years. Before becoming Prime Minister,she was Minister of Planning and Finance,and she continued to hold that post until February 2005.
General elections were held in Fiji between 15 and 29 April 1972,the first since independence from the United Kingdom in 1970. They were characterised by the lack of rancour between racial groups,typical of the 1966 general election and the 1968 by-elections.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is a South African politician and former United Nations official,who served as the Executive Director of UN Women with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The Fiji Law Society is the official body that registers and regulates the activity of all lawyers in Fiji. Historically,the President of the Fiji Law Society was a member ex officio of the Judicial Service Commission.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) Fiji is an independent office by virtue of section 117 of the 2013 Constitution of Fiji. The ODPP is motivated by the principle that it is in the interest of justice that the guilty be brought to justice and the innocent are not wrongly convicted.
In many countries,women have been underrepresented in the government and different institutions. This historical tendency still persists,although women are increasingly being elected to be heads of state and government.
Noraini binti Ahmad is a Malay politician. She is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon,Canada where she obtained her Bachelor of Commerce in 1991,followed by a master's degree in business administration (MBA) from Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR) in 2005. Datuk Seri Dr. Noraini Ahmad subsequently obtained her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Development Management from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in 2016. She then enrolled into the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program at Asia e-University (AeU). The title of her DBA dissertation is “The Phenomenological Study of Women Entrepreneurs and their Impact on Socio-Economic Growth in Malaysia”. She will be one of the first Malaysians to complete the DBA in AeU via the APEL Q system. She completed her viva on 11 November 2021 and received positive feedback on her dissertation from examiners who requested no further amendments/corrections upon submission. They stated it was well written and the methodology was sound,which is a testament to her vast knowledge on women's entrepreneurship in Malaysia. She completed her second PhD in April 2022.
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women,also known as UN Women,is a United Nations entity working for gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women advocates for the rights of women and girls and LGBTIQ+ rights,and focuses on a wide array of issues,including violence against women and violence against LGBTIQ+ people.
Jone Usamate is a Fijian politician,who is currently serving as the Minister for Infrastructure and Meteorological Services and Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources in the Fijian government.
Dr. Neil Prakash Sharma is a former Fijian politician,who served as the Minister for Health in the interim Cabinet formed by Frank Bainimarama between 2009 and 2014.
Roshika Deo is a Fijian feminist and activist. She is the founder of the Be The Change Campaign/Movement in Fiji,which is a movement endorsing feminism,LGBTIQ,disability,human rights,and environmentalism. Her organisation aims to bringing social,political,economic and cultural change to Fiji.
Rosy Sofia Akbar is a Fijian politician and Member of the Parliament of Fiji who is currently serving as the Minister for Women,Children and Poverty Alleviation. She is originally from Ba and before entering politics she was Vice-Principal of A.D. Patel College.
Dr. Mahendra Reddy is a Fijian politician and Member of the Parliament of Fiji. He is currently the Minister for Agriculture,Waterways and Environment.
Sima Sami Bahous has been Jordan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since August 2016. She was appointed as Executive Director for UN Women in September 2021.
Premila Kumar is a Fijian politician and Member of the Parliament of Fiji. She is currently Minister for Education,Heritage and Arts and also for Local Government,Housing and Community Development.
The Ministry of Women,Children and Poverty Alleviation (MWCPA) is the government ministry of Fiji responsible for overseeing the well-being of women,children and the disabled in Fiji. The current Minister for Women,Children and Poverty Alleviation is Rosy Akbar who was appointed to the position on 24 August 2021.
Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo is a Mauritian politician who has served in various ministerial positions as a member of the Militant Socialist Movement. She represents Constituency No. 19 in the National Assembly. She is the first woman to hold the position of Vice Prime Minister.
Ratu Wiliame Maivalili Katonivere is a Fijian chief and politician who is the president of Fiji since 2021. He has also been the chief of Macuata Province since 2013,succeeding his older brother Aisea Katonivere,and was previously involved in conservation initiatives of Fiji's Great Sea Reef.
Unaisi Vuniwaqa,from Fiji,was the Commissioner of Police for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Prior to going to South Sudan in 2016,she was Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police in Fiji and had been the first head of the Sexual and Gender-based Violence Unit of the Fiji Police Force. She retired in October 2021.
