FIJI: Methodists blame coup for social stress
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Fiji's influential Methodist Church says a series of traumatic incidents involving women and babies is an indication of the social stresses brought about by the recent coup. A woman has been charged with drowning her two daughters, a pregnant woman attempted suicide after an argument with her husband; and two newborn babies were discovered in a blocked sewerage tank in Lautoka. The Fiji Womens Crisis Center has called for a major change in the way men in Fiji treat women. It has suggested that families are under added stress because of the loss of jobs and income. Reverend Tuikilakila Waqairatu, deputy general secretary of the Methodist Church of Fiji, says that Fiji is under enormous stress because of the political and economic instability caused by the military backed interim government.
Presenter: Bruce Hill
Speakers: Reverend Tuikilakila Waqairatu, deputy general secretary of the Methodist Church of Fiji
