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21/08/2012 11:21
50,000 pa'anga has been granted to the WCCC for the 2012/2013 financial period.  According to the WCCC Director, 'Ofakilevuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, "the grant is for the operations of the Safe House, rations for the victims temporarily residing there and its rent.  There is also a...
20/08/2012 16:54
The Community Education Awareness and Advocacy Team carried out five awareness programs in May and June. Three programs were in the communities including the women groups of ‘Isileli, Hala’ovave and Vaololoa, one with the Principals of Tongatapu Primary Schools and Tapuni Siliva College. The...
20/08/2012 14:27
Case Type Number of Cases Domestic Violence 114 Sexual Violence Incest Case 2 Rape 4 Sexual Harassment 1 Indecent sexual assault...
20/08/2012 14:21
I have been married for six years. My father warned me of my husband’s family because he knew them very well, but I didn’t listen to him, because I love my husband very much. But now, all what has been explained to me by my father before I got married are all happen and it’s true. At the very...
20/08/2012 14:17
Women and Children Crisis Centre staff, Vika ‘Akau’ola was selected to join 45 young people between the age of 16 - 30 from 29 countries around the world in a 3 day Global Unite Youth Forum to End Violence against Women and Girls. This meeting was taken place in Bangkok, Thailand from the 18th to...
20/08/2012 14:12
I am thirteen years of age.  I was repeated in form one twice because of missing school too much.  There were ten of us children in the family.  My parents separated and my mother was having a de-facto relationship with children of her own while my father was having a de-facto...
20/08/2012 14:10
The Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC) is concerned about the possible negative impact that the upcoming vote-of-no-confidence will have on women’s representation in parliament. “It is a real big shame because under the leadership of the Hon. Dr. ‘Ana Taufe’ulungaki, the Ministry has...
20/08/2012 12:46
I was only 10 years old when it started.  My parents would often tell me to go to the local shop to get everyday necessities for the household like bread, butter and tinned fish.  One day the shop keeper told me to enter through the back door and I did.  He told me that he had...
20/08/2012 12:21
WCCC held its second Annual General Meeting on Friday 18th of May 2012 at the Free Wesleyan Hall of Fanga-‘o-Pilolevu. WCCC Director, ‘Ofakilevuka Guttenbeil Likiliki presented a brief summary from the 2011 annual report and also presented the 2011 audited financial accounts. The Director...
29/05/2012 15:29
I attended a meeting hosted by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre (FWCC) looking at the possibilities of developing a program for perpetrators specifically designed for the context of the Pacific.  Whilst there are many programs available globally, including closer to home in NZ and Australia,...
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