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Table 1: FWCC – New Clients seen 1984 to February, 2010 YEAR Domestic Rape Sexual Child Others TOTAL Violence Harassment Abuse 1984 5 3 0 0 0 8 1985 26 3 0 3 39 71 1986 35 3 0 2 83 123 1987 58 7 0 1 92 158 1988 123 9 0 1 180 313 1989 175 5 0 1 211 392 1990 212 10 0 0 203 425 1991 245 4 0 11 244 504 1992 248 10 0 8 259 525 1993 240 13 0 14 391 658 1994 257 33 0 14 566 870 1995 331 30 0 33 490 884 1996 469 26 0 29 469 993 1997 405 18 5 19 505 952 1998 484 20 15 53 559 1131 1999 544 21 19 24 661 1269 2000 361 25 8 28 595 1017 2001 449 23 10 28 722 1232 2002 429 21 10 33 766 1259 2003 394 26 23 20 643 1106 2004 572 20 12 35 508 1147 2005 480 17 18 42 371 928 2006 420 19 18 41 314 812 2007 441 12 10 27 293 783 2008 386 17 6 38 309 756 2009 373 21 7 57 305 763 Feb 2010 89 4 6 11 48 158 TOTAL 8251 420 167 573 9826 19237 Source: FWCC website: www.fwcc.org accessed 15 Nov., 2010. In Fiji national research on domestic violence and sexual assault found that 80% of survey respondents had witnessed violence in their home. 66% of women surveyed reported abuse by their partners, 30% of these suffered repeated physical abuse, and 44% reported being hit while pregnant. 74% of female victims did not report violence to the Police or seek medical attention. 13% of survey respondents reported that they had been raped. 74% of perpetrators were known to the victim, and over 30% being relatives. 11 11 UNDP 2009, Gender and HIV in the Pacific Islands region - A review of evidence, policies and strategies with recommendations, UNDP Pacific Centre 18 | P a g e
Sexual assault and harassment was found to be prevalent across all age groups in the Pacific. In Fiji, but the largest group of victims was 11-15 years old. Both Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre and Police records show that 95% of perpetrators of domestic violence are male. In the small number of cases where women were violent to men, it was usually in self-defense. Fiji Police Statistics also show that of nine murders committed in the context of domestic violence, seven of the victims were women. Counselors at the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre said that the number of women who condone violence or believe men have the right to physically punish their wives is higher than reported in the survey. The counselors believe that Fiji Police records are not representative; assault of women is a commonly recorded offence but most women who have been assaulted do not report it, because they have been taught to accept violence, or because of family pressure, or because of fear of reprisals if a complaint is made. 12 As this study is focused on incidences of violence against women in Fiji in the past 5 years, data provided by FWCC show as in Table 2 that there is a noted trend for a high incidence of repeat cases which have been reported over the last 10 years (1999 – 2009). The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre provided assistance 10,353 new clients and 11,978 repeat clients visited all centres from July 1999 to June 2004, in addition to 2,556 counselling sessions by telephone. This includes 3,868 new cases of domestic violence and 543 new cases of sexual assault. Child abuse cases continued to increase with a total of 262 new clients seen for the same period. 13 12 Cited in Asian Development Bank (Penelope Schoeffel), 2006. Country Gender Assessment: Republic of the Fiji Islands. Pacific Regional Department and Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank, UNDP Manila 13 2009, Gender and HIV in the Pacific Islands region - A review of evidence, policies and strategies with recommendations, UNDP Pacific Centre 19 | P a g e
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