Member States at the annual Conference of the Parties (COP23), convening from 6 - 17 November 2017 in Bonn, Germany, have today adopted a new roadmap to incorporate gender equality and women's empowerment in climate change discourse and actions.
In February 2016, Tropical Cyclone Winston devastated Fiji, showing the heightened vulnerability of people living in the Pacific Islands, where climate change has led to a series of increasingly severe cyclones in the recent years. With farms, markets, including the Rakiraki Market and its
Shamima Ali is a feminist activist from Fiji. She is the chairperson and one of the founding members of the Pacific Women's Network Against Violence Against Women. She has been a Coordinator at the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre for the past 31 years.