Fiji Women's Rights Movement

What Fiji Women's Rights Movement does

Fiji Women's Rights Movement (FWRM) is a non-governmental, non-profit feminist human rights organization founded in 1986 and headquartered in Suva, Fiji. It operates across the Pacific Islands with documented program reach to 17 Pacific countries and maintains a staff of 11-50 employees. FWRM's mission centers on advancing gender equality, ending gender-based violence, expanding women's access to justice, and promoting women's leadership and political participation in Fiji. The organization delivers its work through four primary product lines: the GIRLS Programme (a year-long feminist leadership development initiative for adolescent girls aged 10-17 using theatre, sports, digital storytelling, and spoken word), paid training services to organizations (Gender Sensitisation Training, Sexual Harassment Awareness and Prevention Training, PSEAH workshops, and GEDSI workshops), a research and publications function producing annual reports, fact sheets, fact sheets, and submissions to constitutional and human rights bodies, and the Pacific Feminist Forum, a triennial regional convening FWRM co-organizes across the Pacific.

FWRM's business model is a hybrid non-profit revenue structure. The majority of operating funds come from institutional donor grants — Australian Government (through IWDA and Pacific Women Lead at SPC), UN agencies (UNFPA, UN Women, UNDP, UN OHCHR), the EU via the Pacific-UN Spotlight Initiative, Mama Cash, Water Aid Australia, and the UN Peacebuilding Fund. A secondary revenue stream is fee-for-service training delivered on an Expression-of-Interest basis to government agencies, private companies, and NGOs in Fiji. A tertiary stream consists of individual donations and membership processed through ANZ Bank Fiji. The organization's go-to-market combines event-driven advocacy (annual Lets Talk Periods Festival, International Women's Day concerts, Girls Forums), direct policy advocacy through submissions to Fiji's Constitutional Review Commission and UPR processes, and regional coalition building through the We Rise Coalition, NGO Coalition for Human Rights, and Pacific Feminist Forum networks.

The underlying operational technology is non-technical: FWRM's work is built on legal analysis, gender research methodologies, and human rights frameworks rather than proprietary software platforms. Recent strategic emphasis has expanded into new thematic verticals including menstrual health in climate disaster planning, workplace sexual harassment prevention aligned with ILO Convention 190, and peacebuilding funded through UN Peacebuilding Fund grants — signaling programmatic diversification beyond the original core of constitutional reform and gender-based violence advocacy.

Name

Fiji Women's Rights Movement

Legal name

Fiji Women's Rights Movement

Website

https://fwrm.org.fj

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fiji Women's Rights Movement is a Fiji-based feminist human rights organization founded in 1986 that conducts research, advocacy, and paid training on gender equality, gender-based violence, and women's leadership. It serves women, girls, government agencies, NGOs, and private sector organizations across Fiji and the broader Pacific region through programs, publications, and the triennial Pacific Feminist Forum.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Rights Advocacy and Gender Equality Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF), Safeguarding, Accountability & Compliance (ESG, Gender/GBV, Do No Harm) (BPADAEAM), Sexual & Reproductive Health & Family Planning (SRH/FP) Programs (BPADAIAD)

Keywords

• Feminist human rights advocacy
• Gender equality training
• Women's leadership development
• Gender-based violence research
• Policy advocacy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Suva

HQ country

Fiji

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Training Services: FWRM generates revenue through paid training programs including Gender Sensitisation Training, Sexual Harassment Awareness and Prevention, and PSEAH workshops offered to organizations on a fee-for-service basis.
2. Donations and Membership: FWRM accepts donations and membership fees from supporters. The organization has a banking relationship with ANZ Bank Fiji for processing donations. They offer membership through an expression of interest process.
3. Donor Funding: FWRM receives funding from international donors including Australian Government, UN agencies (UNFPA, UN Women, UNDP), and various development partners for specific programs and initiatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FWRM is a feminist human rights organization that delivers paid training services (gender sensitisation, sexual harassment awareness and prevention, GEDSI and PSEAH workshops) to government, corporate and NGO clients, runs the GIRLS leadership development programme for adolescent girls, conducts gender-based research and publications, and convenes the triennial Pacific Feminist Forum. It combines direct community programmes, paid professional training, and policy advocacy targeting gender equality, ending violence against women, women's leadership, and constitutional reform in Fiji and the Pacific.

Product overview

FWRM is a feminist human rights organisation offering advocacy, research publications, and training services. The core offerings include the GIRLS Programme (Grow.Inspire.Relate.Lead.Succeed) - a feminist leadership development initiative for adolescent girls, and paid training services including Gender Sensitisation Training, Sexual Harassment Awareness & Prevention Training, GEDSI Workshops, and PSEAH Workshops. The organisation also produces research publications and hosts the Pacific Feminist Forum triennial event.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GIRLS Programme: Grow.Inspire.Relate.Lead.Succeed - A pioneering feminist and girls-oriented leadership development programme for adolescent girls in the Pacific, using creative platforms such as theatre, sports, digital storytelling and spoken word.
• Pacific Feminist Forum
• Sexual Harassment Awareness & Prevention Training
• Gender Sensitisation Training
• Lets Talk Periods Festival

Products and services

• Gender Sensitisation Training Programme Paid training initiative that builds the capacity of organisations and networks to understand gender differences and take an approach that is responsive to gender differences and relations between genders, targeted at government agencies, NGOs and private sector organisations in Fiji.
• Sexual Harassment Awareness & Prevention Training Paid workplace training initiative that increases awareness of and prevents the incidence of sexual harassment, helping organisations develop their own sexual harassment policies using FWRM's internationally designed toolkit adapted with local evidence.
• GIRLS Programme (Grow.Inspire.Relate.Lead.Succeed) Year-long pioneering feminist and girls-oriented initiative in the Pacific designed to empower girls aged 10-17 through creative platforms such as theatre, sports, digital storytelling, and spoken word as safe and healthy avenues to address gender stereotypes, bullying, discrimination, and violence.
• Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Workshop Paid workshop that supports organisations to actively promote gender equality, disability, and social inclusion principles throughout their work, and assists them in developing their own GEDSI Policy.
• Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) Workshop Paid workshop that strengthens an organisation's approach to safeguarding by enhancing accountability, improving support for those affected, and driving cultural change through strong leadership, including support to develop a PSEAH Policy.
• Pacific Feminist Forum Triennial regional platform co-organized by FWRM that brings together Pacific feminists and women human rights defenders to share experiences, strategies and inspire advocacy work addressing discrimination against women in the region, producing the Pacific Feminists Charter for Change.

Quantifiable outcome

• Women's representation on SOE boards improved from 20% to 29.2% over four years through sustained advocacy
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

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Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UNFPA Pacific Island CountriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2026UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) partnered with FWRM for the Lets Talk Periods Festival in 2026. UNFPA Director and Representative Bidisha Pillai opened the event focused on menstrual health in climate crisis.
• Business Coalition for Women (Papua New Guinea)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Regional partnership with Business Coalition for Women from Papua New Guinea in a campaign calling for safer workplaces and ratification of ILO Convention No. 190.
• Solomon Islands Planned Parenthood AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Regional partner in the Pacific campaign for safer workplaces and elimination of violence and harassment in world of work.
• Vanuatu Human Rights CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Regional partner in the Pacific campaign for safer workplaces and elimination of violence and harassment in world of work.
• UN OHCHRcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 September 2025UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights partnered with FWRM for the Women and Girls' Intergenerational Dialogue on sustainable peace and inclusive societies.
• Water Aid AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 May 2023Water Aid Australia partnered with FWRM as part of the Pacific Menstrual Health Network supporting the inaugural Lets Talk Period festival with Deaf girls.
• Bold AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2016Partner in organizing the inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum 2016 alongside FWRM and other organizations.
• Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for EqualitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2016Key partner in organizing the inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum 2016 and subsequent forums.
• Haus of KhameleoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2016Partner in organizing the inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum 2016.
• Pacific Young Women's Leadership Alliance (PYWLA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2016Partner in organizing the inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum 2016.
• International Women's Development Agency (IWDA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2016Partner in organizing the inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum 2016 and ongoing supporter of FWRM programs.
• University of the South PacificcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2016Partner venue and supporter for the inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum 2016 held at USP Laucala Campus.
• FemLINKPACIFICcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2016Key partner in organizing the inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum 2016 and subsequent forums.
• We Rise CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFWRM is a member of the We Rise Coalition, a coalition supported by the Australian Government that brings together organizations working on gender equality and women's rights in the Pacific.
• NGO Coalition for Human RightscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFWRM participates in the NGO Coalition for Human Rights, coordinating civil society engagement on human rights issues in Fiji including UPR reviews and advocacy.
• Pacific Feminist ForumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFWRM co-organizes the Pacific Feminist Forum, a triennial regional convening bringing together feminists from across the Pacific. Three forums held in 2016, 2019, and 2023.
• The Fiji Women's ForumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFWRM collaborates with The Fiji Women's Forum on issues affecting women and girls in Fiji through shared advocacy and research initiatives.
• Fiji Young Women's ForumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFWRM works with Fiji Young Women's Forum to engage young women in advocacy and leadership development activities.
• Fiji CSO Alliance for COVID-19 Humanitarian ResponseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFWRM participates in the civil society alliance coordinating humanitarian response efforts related to COVID-19 in Fiji.
• International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination (ICAAD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICAAD provided technical advice to FWRM for conducting the ten-year trend analysis of rape cases against women and girls.
• Medical Services PacificminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization participating in the 3rd Girls Forum activities and girl-led initiatives.
• Fiji Red CrossminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization participating in the 3rd Girls Forum activities.
• Fiji Muslim Women's LeagueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization participating in the 3rd Girls Forum activities.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Mama Cash: Global feminist fund that has supported FWRM initiatives including the Pacific Feminist Forum. Comparable as a global women's rights grantmaker and ecosystem supporter, though not a direct service provider.
• International Women's Development Agency (IWDA): Australian-headquartered feminist organization and long-standing FWRM partner within the We Rise Coalition. Comparable as a larger, better-resourced Pacific-feminist funder and advocacy organization supporting FWRM programming.

Others

• Fiji Women's Fund: Fiji-focused women's fund that has provided financial backing for FWRM programmes including the Lets Talk Periods Festival. Comparable as an ecosystem grantmaker enabling FWRM's work rather than a competing service provider.

Regional players

• Solomon Islands Planned Parenthood Association: Solomon Islands SRH organization that partners regionally with FWRM on the Pacific safer-workplaces/ILO190 campaign. Comparable as a Pacific women's health and rights NGO working in a different national jurisdiction.
• Business Coalition for Women (Papua New Guinea): PNG-based coalition partnering regionally with FWRM on workplace safety and ILO Convention 190 advocacy. Overlaps with FWRM's Sexual Harassment Prevention and PSEAH training mandate, but operates in a different national market.

Direct peers

• Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality: Fiji-based feminist and LGBTQI+ rights organization co-organizing the Pacific Feminist Forum with FWRM since 2016. Directly comparable as a Pacific feminist NGO working on gender equality, sexual rights, and movement building.
• Pacific Young Women's Leadership Alliance (PYWLA): Regional network for young women's leadership in the Pacific, partnered with FWRM to co-organize the Pacific Feminist Forum. Comparable as a Pacific-focused women's leadership and feminist advocacy initiative.
• FemLINKPACIFIC: Pacific feminist media and women's human rights organization that co-organized the inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum with FWRM. Comparable as a regional feminist NGO using communications, advocacy, and movement-building to advance gender equality.

Emerging players

• Medical Services Pacific: Fiji-based SRH and gender-focused NGO that partners with FWRM on girls' programming. Comparable as a domestic Fiji NGO working on sexual and reproductive health, where FWRM operates its menstrual health and CSE programming.
• Haus of Khameleon: Pacific LGBTQI+ organization partnered with FWRM to co-organize the inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum. Comparable as a Pacific feminist/queer movement organization with overlapping constituency and advocacy themes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles8 records

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