The Justice Needs and Satisfaction in Fiji 2018 assessment commissioned by the European Union (EU)-funded Fiji Access to Justice project highlighted challenges and significance of access to justice in Fiji. It showed 47 percent of Fijian citizens have one or more serious legal problems to deal with every four years. Hence, every year approximately 100,000 individuals encounter a problem and need access to resolution mechanisms.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected lives, plagued economies, left millions without jobs and income and deprived us of social relations as we used to know. In this context, one issue found fertile soil to dramatically grow: Violence against Women and Girls. In Fiji alone, there was a recorded 606 percent increase in calls to the national Domestic Violence helpline between February to April 2020, the period during which initial COVID-19 lockdowns occurred.
Launched as a pilot in 2019, the product allows people to use mobile airtime credit to be deposited into their voluntary retirement savings account at the Solomon Island National Provident Fund. In a country with very limited bank branch network and no mobile money service available, this solution allows the SINPF to leverage a network of more than 8,000 mobile airtime credit resellers to offer a very convenient way for people working in the informal economy to save up for their pension.
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