Paternal inks: Lahelahe Village, Nahigatoka, Nadroga Navoha
Maternal links: Draubuta Village, Tokatoka, Tailevu.
Doctoral Research: Examining the role Image Cultivation plays in Development Delivery today, and how that’s impacted the Economic Agency of Women in Rural and Remote Fiji.
Ariela acknowledges DevNet (Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network) as a recipient of the New Zealand Postgraduate Development Field Research Award (2023) for her data collection phase across Fiji, which included travelling to meet women groups of two of her three case studies in the provinces of Ba and Ra (Rise Beyond the Reef), and in the province of Nadroga Navosa (Bula Coffee).
Brief background: Ariela joined The Fiji Times newsroom in Suva (Fiji) after graduating high school, studying part time at the University of the South Pacific for her BA in Journalism and History Politics. Ariela has since worked in the development sector as a multi-media and strategic communications practitioner, in multi-country and multi-sectoral programs. Happy to connect on LinkedIn.
