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09/06/2010 15:47
The Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC) is calling for a strong response to a woman facing charges in Tonga this week charged with sex trafficking, running a brothel and trading in prostitution. The trafficking concerned two Chinese women – aged 29 and 33 years – who were...
09/06/2010 15:09
For many years hundreds of domestic violence, rape and sexual assaults have been dealt with as a crime that can be forgiven and forgotten. Perhaps it is because 99% of the time it is women and children who fall victim to these atrocious crimes, and so it wasn’t taken too seriously....
09/06/2010 15:05
The Women and Children Crisis Centre supports the sentencing of the long-serving senior Police Officer, Viliami Toki, for assaulting and injuring a man in custody in 2008.
“It is a clear sign that those under custody of the state have rights that must be respected” said WCCC...
09/06/2010 15:03
If a man by the name of Sione beats on another male outside a bar or at his workplace, bashes the male victim on the head, urinates on him and then rapes him – what do you think will happen to Sione?
If Sione goes and robs a bank in Nuku’alofa and smashes a few of the employees while...
09/06/2010 14:56
“Media Freedom@work”
Building safety, excellence and leadership networks for Pacific women in media
School of Journalism and Communications, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia,
April 28-30th, 2010
OUTCOMES STATEMENT—DRAFT
Women from Pacific mainstream, civil society,...
09/06/2010 14:54
Freedom of the media continues to be an ideal that is far from the reality of the Pacific experience.
Women from Pacific mainstream, civil society, academia, community and advocacy media from 13 Pacific nations including Australia and New Zealand attended the ‘Media Freedom@Work’ meeting...
03/06/2010 11:20
The Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC) yesterday launched its pilot program Inspiring Young Empowered Leaders (I-YEL) 2010-2011 In-take at the Fanga Free Weslyan Church Hall with 20 young women between the ages of 18-35.
The pilot I-YEL program will run over a period of 12 months and will...
24/05/2010 11:32
Camp GLOW – Girls Leading Our World - is taking place this year across the Kingdom.
Camp GLOW Tonga is a weeklong sleep-away camp that is comprised of six camps held in four island groups. There will be four Girls’ Camps that focus on ninth graders who have displayed academic excellence and...
21/05/2010 15:49
Having an independent judiciary in Tonga has worked to protect our freedom. Without a doubt, we have been proud of being able to maintain a Judiciary acting on the basis of what is right and just as according to our constitution, not just what is popular. Over the years we have been proud to...
20/05/2010 16:40
The role of the Tongan government is under scrutiny with the Attorney General’s resignation as Tonga maps out its political future – and the outcome matters to women and children the most.
Placing the powers of the Attorney General back under the Ministry of Justice indicates that true independence...
