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13/02/2014 14:10
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community Regional Rights Resource Team (SPC RRRT) In-county Focal Officer for Tonga, Lepolo Taunisila, has been tasked to coordinate the process of drafting the implementation plan for Tonga’s Family Protection Act (2013) together with other members of a newly...
06/09/2013 16:51
I marry young. We were very much in love. It all starts when we stay together. He have affairs with other women. He use to beat me every day and cut my hair with a knife. He always come with his friends and drinks in our house. He made me sit at a corner and do whatever he want me todo....
06/09/2013 13:59
It doesn’t always easy to talk about how I experience life in this age. When I was 3 years old my dad left. I was the only child and so my mom work hard for me and her family. When I was 8 years old my mom passed away. Everything went wrong. It was because I always make bad decisions. I...
06/09/2013 11:46
I was the only daughter of four children. My parents divorced because my father was having an affair with another woman, then our mom left oversea and leave us to stay with our father.
During this time we were still at school, and it was my last year at tertiary school. I come across many problems...
05/09/2013 12:20
You may have been following the issues regarding the Family Protection Bill and its submission for parliamentary debates, thanks to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. Lord Vaea.
What's interesting about the debates so far is that there is a public perception that those supporting the bill are...
05/09/2013 12:18
A Regional Anti – Human Trafficking Training Workshop for Criminal Justice Practitioners was held in Suva at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat on the 17th – 19th of June.
There were about forty participants from the region that participated in this training. Relevant stakeholders who work...
05/09/2013 12:10
WCCC’s Communication and Research Advocate, Tupou Mahe Lanumata attended a six days Data Collection and Management training in Tonga Family Health Association Training Centre from the 12th to the 19th of June.
Organized by the Ministry of Health, the training included 22 participants from...
05/09/2013 12:00
WCCC has commenced a one hour weekly radio program on BroadCom Broadcasting Limited 89.5 FM Radio as one of its awareness program.
This is one of the Centre’s aims to bring these issues to the frontline and through the media so that the people are aware of the prevalence of these problems.
Issues...
05/09/2013 11:57
The Australian Federal Police conducted a one week workshop from the 22nd - 26th of April at the Longolongo Police Station.
A representative from the WCCC was invited to attend due to the close linkage to the services that they offer.
A presentation was done by the CET, Lesila To’ia on the works...
05/09/2013 11:53
The WCCC was represented to a one week workshop at the Tonga Family Health Association. This workshop aimed at reviewing the last National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV/STI and to suggest recommendations for the next NSP.
Since Domestic Violence, rape, child abuse are very closely link to...
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