Nalini Singh is a human rights activist from

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

. In 2017 she was appointed director of the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement.

Life

Singh is a graduate of the

University of the South Pacific The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public university, public research university with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. Established in 1968, the university is organised as an intergovernmental organisation and ...

and the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

. She has worked with civil society and non-government organisation partners in Fiji and the

Asia Pacific Asia-Pacific (APAC) is the part of the world near the western Pacific Ocean. The Asia-Pacific region varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes East Asia, Russian Far East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and Pacific Is ...

. She has held positions with the Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), the Pacific Regional Human Rights Education Resource Team (RRRT) and the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD).

References

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