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SUVA: Fiji's Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Rosy Akbar, labels Fiji's crisis on violence against women a "national shame".

Figures from Fiji's Women's Crisis Centre shows more than 750 new cases of domestic violence just this year.

The minister spoke at this year's third meeting of Interagency Taskforce on Elimination of Violence against Women and Children on Tuesday and called for a united stand against the crisis.

On Wednesday the Ministry for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation also signed a bilateral agreement with Australia and the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP).

One of the goals with that agreement is to combat domestic violence in Fiji.

Reporter: Niklas Pedersen, Suva
Interviewees:
Rosy Akbar, Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation
Akiko Fujii, UNDP
Joanne Choe, Department for Trade & Foreign Affairs, Australia
Jiokapeci Baledrokadroka, Medical Services Pacific

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