FIJI
Social Protection in Fiji
Fiji is an archipelago of 330 islands with a population of approximately 896,000 people. Fiji has a comprehensive social protection system. Hover over the icons below to see which of these life-cycle risks Fiji is addressing and how.
EARLY CHILDHOOD
- Poor access to antenatal and post natal care
- Unsafe birth
- Poor access to immunisation
- Stunting, malnutrition and hunger
- Reduced cognitive development
- Care and Protection Allowance (C&P) Cash transfer for vulnerable children
SCHOOL AGE
- Malnutrition
- Unable to access or stay in school
- Child labour
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Loss of parents or carers
- Care and Protection Allowance (C&P) Cash transfer for vulnerable children
- Bus Fare Scheme Program (BFSP) for students
YOUTH
- Inadequate skills
- Inability to access training
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Gender discrimination
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Domestic violence
- Alienation
WORKING AGE
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Cost of children
- Lack of childcare
- Care of parents
- Debt
- Gender Discrimination
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Domestic violence
- Rural Pregnant Mothers’ Food Voucher (RPM)
OLD AGE
- Increasing frailty and disability
- Inability to work
- Lack of family care
- Elder abuse
- Social Pension Scheme (SPS) for elderly (65 years and older) who has no other pensions
- Bus Fare Scheme Program (BFSP) for elderly
- Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) Retirement benefit for formal workers
EARLY CHILDHOOD
- Poor access to antenatal and post natal care
- Unsafe birth
- Poor access to immunisation
- Stunting, malnutrition and hunger
- Reduced cognitive development
SCHOOL AGE
- Malnutrition
- Unable to access or stay in school
- Child labour
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Loss of parents or carers
YOUTH
- Inadequate skills
- Inability to access training
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Gender discrimination
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Domestic violence
- Alienation
WORKING AGE
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Cost of children
- Lack of childcare
- Care of parents
- Debt
- Gender Discrimination
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Domestic violence
OLD AGE
- Increasing frailty and disability
- Inability to work
- Lack of family care
- Elder abuse
EARLY CHILDHOOD
- Care and Protection Allowance (C&P) Cash transfer for vulnerable children
SCHOOL AGE
- Care and Protection Allowance (C&P) Cash transfer for vulnerable children
- Bus Fare Scheme Program (BFSP) for students
WORKING AGE
- Rural Pregnant Mothers’ Food Voucher (RPM)
OLD AGE
- Social Pension Scheme (SPS) for elderly (65 years and older) who has no other pensions
- Bus Fare Scheme Program (BFSP) for elderly
- Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) Retirement benefit for formal workers
Fiji has a Disability Allowance (DA), a Bus Fare Scheme Program (BFSP), and the Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) Disability and Medical benefit for formal workers in place for people with disability. The Poverty Benefit Scheme (PBS) provides cash transfer and food vouchers for poor and vulnerable households, that people can access during vulnerable periods of their lives.