Speaker of Parliament Doctor Jiko Luveni has vowed to ensure that parliament continues to consider gender issues when discussing new laws.
She made this clear today when she launched the Fijian Parliament’s Gender Toolkit, a guideline that parliamentarians will now use to analyse new laws and ensure that it is not gender biased.
She has also announced that a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender has been established and it includes all the Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons of the six Parliamentary Standing Committees.
Doctor Luveni says the members of this new committee have the special responsibility of ensuring that there is gender consideration in debates in parliament.
The Parliament Gender toolkit was developed through the support by the United Nations Development Fund, the European Union and the Governments of Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
