by info@innovahub.org | Aug 28, 2025 | Fiji, National Women MPs
Bio Hon Veena Bhatnagar was first elected in 2014 as a member of the Fiji First Party and was appointed as the Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation. She was re-elected in 2018 and was subsequently elected as the Deputy Speaker of the...
by info@innovahub.org | Aug 28, 2025 | Fiji, National Women MPs
Bio Hon Tanya Waqanika was a candidate in the 2018 elections in Fiji but failed to be elected. In 2019, she was nominated by the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) to be the Speaker of Parliament but was beaten by Epeli Nailatikau by 30 votes to 21. In December...
by info@innovahub.org | Aug 28, 2025 | Fiji, National Women MPs
Bio The Honourable Selai Adimaitoga was elected in 2018 as a member of the Fiji First Party. She was Assistant Minister for iTaukei Affairs in the Fijian Government. She was not re-elected in 2022. Interestingly, prior to her political career, Hon. Adimaitoga was one...
by info@innovahub.org | Aug 28, 2025 | Fiji, National Women MPs
Bio Hon Salote Radrodro was first elected to parliament as a Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) candidate following the 2014 elections. As one of eight women elected to the 50-member parliament, she said that she hoped they could “work together across parties...
by info@innovahub.org | Aug 28, 2025 | Fiji, National Women MPs
Bio Honourable Ro Teimumu Vuikaba Kepa was first elected in 2014 as the head of SODELPA and became the first Fijian woman to serve as Leader of the Opposition. She was re-elected in 2018 and continued as a Member of Opposition in the Fijian Parliament. Prior to her...
by info@innovahub.org | Aug 28, 2025 | Fiji, National Women MPs
Bio Hon Mereseini Vuniwaqa was first elected into parliament following the 2014 general elections and initially served as the Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources until 2016 where she then took on the mantle of Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation....
