Research: How religious, cultural, and traditional practices influence access to sexual and reproductive health and rights in Fiji

A community-based research conducted across urban, peri-urban, rural and maritime settings, and captures the voices and experiences of youth, women, sex workers, and people with disabilities. 

Key messages from the research findings include

• Advancing SRHR reform strengthens families, builds safer communities, and drives national economic growth.
• Failure to act perpetuates cycles of violence, illness, exclusion, and intergenerational poverty, leaving teenagers alone to struggle with silence, stigma, and shame.
• Fiji already has local champions and effective, home-grown solutions—what’s needed is greater support and sustained investment.
• Timely SRHR reforms will yield measurable improvements in health, social well-being, and economic prosperity.
• By embracing rights-based, culturally grounded SRHR policies, Fiji can position itself as a regional leader and role model.