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12/06/2011 20:22
Global award for local human rights centre
TONGA’s Women’s and Children’s Crisis Centre (WCCC) has won its second international award in two months for its work in human rights.
The organization will be awarded the Global Social Change Film Festival and Institute Activist Award in an...
18/05/2011 13:13
Welcome to the first ever Annual General Meeting of the Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC). Please find below information regarding our services, programs and statistics for the 2010 calendar year.
WCCC Mission Statement
The Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC) shall...
16/05/2011 11:35
The WCCC held its very first Annual General Meeting (AGM) in April and was able to present both its activity reports and audited financial statement for the 2010 calendar year. These reports are available here on our website.
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the independent...
16/05/2011 11:30
WCCC held its first Annual General Meeting on Friday 19th of April 2011 at the Free Wesleyan Hall of Fanga-‘o-Pilolevu.
Established in 2009, WCCC is a non government organization that works with the public and private sector to eliminate violence against women and children.
The meeting started...
16/05/2011 11:26
WCCC’s Community Education Trainer, Lesila To’ia attended a two week gender training of trainers in Pacific Harbour, Deuba, Fiji from the 28th of March to the 8th of April.
Organized by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre (FWCC), the training included 31 participants from Nauru, Vanuatu,...
16/05/2011 11:16
WCCC facilitated a week long workshop in gender and human rights for the Tonga Family Health Association (TFHA) Filitonu Drama group.
The Filitonu is a health promotion drama group that promotes healthy messages through drama. They perform at schools, Churches and community events....
08/04/2011 12:59
The Ministry of Education, Women’s Affairs and Culture (MEWAC) has publically noted their concern on the high drop-out rates of boys from the primary and secondary school levels, where girls are doing much better. It’s a gender issue that needs to be addressed.
However, we also must...
08/04/2011 12:41
Education, technology and employment.
These three words and their importance for women were on the table for
discussion at the 55th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
Held in New York this year from Feb 22 – March 4th, CSW is one of the most important annual meetings to promote...
08/04/2011 12:13
The centenary of International Women’s Day was celebrated across the Kingdom of Tonga – recognizing women’s achievements and the need to do more to empower women in our society.
The Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC, which is the Kingdom’s only Non Government Organization working to eliminate...
10/03/2011 12:11
Consultation is taking place all over the Pacific to contribute to the development of the 2 year Strategy for the newly formed body of the United Nations, UN Women, which aims to advance gender equality.
The consultation took place at the Council of Churches in Tonga, with Government Ministries,...
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