Tourism workers have successfully completed a two month training on Child Safe Tourism and Respectful Workplaces organised by the Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association.
This joint training provided participants with tools to recognise and respond to situations that may increase the risk of child exploitation and abuse within their work spaces, as well as give them insight into the indicators and effects of domestic and sexual violence, workplace bullying and harassment and how to formulate an appropriate workplace policy to respond to this.
This training opportunity was facilitated in collaboration with the Australia Volunteers International and International Finance Corporation.
The Association has also welcomed government’s imminent launch of a National Child Safeguarding Policy with the recently completed validation workshop with stakeholders in May.
Chief Executive Officer Fantasha Lockington has stressed the need to continually support the industry workers in furthering their scope of work and being the best possible versions of themselves by practising respectful and responsible work ethics.
