Pop singer-songwriter and Louis Vuitton designer Pharrell Williams made a giant artificial waterfall the backdrop of his 2027 spring-summer collection ​on Tuesday, kicking off Paris fashion week just as ‌a record-breaking heatwave paralysed large parts of France.

The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Protection is calling for increased funding in the upcoming national budget to expand services for the most vulnerable groups.

Calls are growing for increased funding for the Ministry of Women, Children, and Social Protection in the upcoming National Budget. Women in rural and vulnerable communities continue to face social and economic hardship.

Fiji’s economic growth outlook for this year has been downgraded. Rising fuel costs, inflation, and global geopolitical tensions are weighing on the economy in the first half of the year.

The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre is calling for a more people-centred national budget, saying government spending must better reflect the needs of ordinary people rather than favouring elites and business interests.