Permanent Secretary for Education Doctor Anjeela Jokhan says the Ministry has not received any requests from the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in the last two years that she has been with the Ministry.
This comes after FWCC Coordinator and Human Rights Activist Shamima Ali made comments at a round table discussion hosted by the French Ambassador last week that in the past, she was invited to talk to students on gender, violence against women and human rights during school functions, however that has not happened in recent years.
She says she has made appointments with the Education Department to visit schools but that never came to fruition.
In her response to Ali’s claims, Jokhan says they are a Ministry and not a department and they attend to every request that comes in.
Jokhan adds, if Ali puts in a request they will consider it as they do for others.
