Countries: Fiji
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Fiji ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).

Countries: Fiji
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Fiji who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 52 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Fiji
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Countries: Fiji
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Fiji was 38 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Fiji
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law provides for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Family Law Act of 2003, Sec. 162 (2).

Countries: Fiji
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Fiji is 65.9 years for men and 70.3 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Fiji
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"18.8 births per 1000 population"

Countries: Fiji
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"(1) A married woman shall in accordance with the provisions of this Act be capable of acquiring, holding and disposing by will or otherwise of any real or personal property as her separate property in the same manner as if she were a feme sole without the intervention of any trustee. (2) A married woman shall be capable of entering into and rendering herself liable in respect of and to the extent of her separate property on any contract and of suing and being sued, either in contract or in tort or otherwise, in all respects as if she were a feme sole, and her husband need not be joined...more

Countries: Fiji
Variables: LO-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law does not prohibit discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can sign a contract in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Married Women’s Property Act, Sec. 3(2). According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can register a business in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Companies Act, Secs. 20-24. According...more

Countries: Fiji
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Inheritance (Family Provisions) Act of 2004, Sec. 3.

Countries: Fiji
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"Most Indian Fijians, who account for 37 percent of the total population, are Hindu, while an estimated 20 percent are Muslim and 6 percent Christian" (2).

Countries: Fiji
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"The Committee notes with concern that women are frequently excluded from access to financial assets or bank accounts..." (13). "The Committee refers to its general recommendation No. 34 (2016) on the rights of rural women and recommends that the State party:...(d) Amend legislation to ensure that all rural women have equal access with men to land ownership; (e) Protect rural women from land grabbing and ensure that their prior informed consent and adequate benefit-sharing arrangements are required in any decisions regarding agreements on the lease or sale of land" (14).

Countries: Fiji
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1, LO-LAW-1, IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAD-PRACTICE-1, IAD-LAW-1

"Women have full rights of inheritance and property ownership by law, but local authorities often excluded them from the decision-making process on disposition of indigenous communal land, which constituted more than 80 percent of all land. Women have the right to a share in the distribution of indigenous land-lease proceeds, but authorities seldom recognized this right" (17).

Countries: Fiji
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"In the event of divorce, the Family Law Amendment Decree 2012 allows for the consideration of a spouse’s non-financial contributions to a marriage when considering the distribution of property and asset" (5).