Roshika Deo
{{Short description|Fijian feminist and activist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}{{tone|date=May 2017}}
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Roshika Deo is a Fijian feminist and activist. Deo started the Be The Change Campaign organization in Fiji.
Career
In 2009, Deo received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award for her community service.{{Cite web |last=Narayan |first=Yashna |last2=Singh |first2=Ekta |date=September 3, 2009 |title=Balance |url=http://www.fwrm.org.fj/images/fwrm/publications/balance/pdf/2009_BalanceSeptember.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705155303/http://www.fwrm.org.fj/images/fwrm/publications/balance/pdf/2009_BalanceSeptember.pdf |archive-date=July 5, 2016 |access-date=9 March 2017 |website=Fiji Women's Rights Movement |at=Rotary award for ELF graduate}} She was also nominated for the Amnesty International Human Rights Defender Award in 2013 and received the US Secretary of State International Women of Courage Award from Michelle Obama in 2014.{{cite web |title=Bios of 2014 Award Winners |url=https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2014/bio/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307105823/http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2014/bio/index.htm |archive-date=2014-03-07 |work=state.gov}}
Deo was an independent candidate in the 2014 general elections.{{Cite web |title=Roshika Deo Criticises Rabuka Appointment |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2016/06/27/roshika-deo-criticises-rabuka-appointment/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=fijisun.com.fj |language=en-US}}
Deo established the Be The Change party.{{Citation |last= |title=Priya Chattier: The political journey of Roshika Deo in Fiji's 2014 elections |date=2016-02-26 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDo0_fgNQHw |access-date=2017-03-07 |publisher=Developmental Leadership Program (DLP) |via=YouTube}}. Held at a DLP Annual Conference in 2016.{{Cite news |last=Chattier |first=Priya |date=October 29, 2014 |title=Fiji's women speak up in growing numbers inside parliament |url=https://theconversation.com/fijis-women-speak-up-in-growing-numbers-inside-parliament-32739 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308145702/https://theconversation.com/fijis-women-speak-up-in-growing-numbers-inside-parliament-32739 |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |access-date=2017-03-09 |work=The Conversation |language=en}}
Personal life
Roshika Deo belongs to an Indo-Fijian Hindu family. Her father, Indar Deo, was a councillor, a politician for the National Alliance Party and a businessman who now lives in Australia.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
Deo attended Suva Grammar School and holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of the South Pacific (USP).{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
See also
References
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Category:Fijian environmentalists
Category:Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award