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Fiji: Multiculturalism and Social Change

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Fetaomi Tapu-Qiliho, Academic Director

Fetaomi Tapu-Qiliho earned an MA in Pacific Studies from the University of Auckland. Her dissertation was a sociological analysis of theological traditions and Samoan migration from the traditional church structure, a question relevant in many Pacific Island nations. A Samoan by birth, she lived in Fiji as a child, and returned to Fiji after her graduate studies. Fetaomi has worked as a freelance researcher/writer, project coordinator, trainer. She is heavily involved in volunteering and advocacy for HIV/AIDS in Fiji, as well as volunteer youth work through the Church. In her youth work, she has focused on the role of the Church in a plural society, through examination of issues such as Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation, Social Justice, Trauma Healing and Identity. She has also published an article on Identity and Migration in Auckland New Zealand, published by the South Pacific Association of Theological Schools. She has also written a research paper on Diakonia and Justice from the Fiji context for the World Council of Churches.