Ema Druavesi is a former Fijian trade unionist and politician.
Druavesi was born in Suva and educated at the Fiji Institute of Technology. [1] She worked as a laboratory assistant at the University of the South Pacific and in 1982 became president of USP's staff union. [1] She stood unsuccessfully as a coalition candidate in the Fijian electorate of Kadavu–Tamavua–Suva Suburban in the 1987 Fijian general election. [1] In 1989 she formed the Fiji Garment Workers Union, [2] and campaigned against low wages and sweatshop labour in Fiji's garment industry. [3] [4]
She later became general secretary and spokesperson for the nationalist Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei party. [5] Following the 2006 Fijian coup d'état she pledged her support to the FijiFirst party. [6]