News
20/12/2010 13:44
Since July 2010, the women and Children Crisis Centre has seen an increase in the number of unreported cases coming to the centre. Domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse cases are now accounting for 20% of the centre’s cases.
Unreported cases are those that are not referred to the...
13/12/2010 09:21
The Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC) has
received a prestigious Human Rights Award for advancing gender
equality in the Pacific.
Issued by the Regional Rights Resource Team and the Secretariat of the
Pacific Counsel in partnership with the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre,
WCCC won the...
01/12/2010 11:12
The Crisis Centre celebrates World Aids Day by launching a video with this important message:
Marraige alone will not protect you from HIV/AIDS.
Talk to your partner. Get tested.
25/11/2010 15:47
“Streets of Tonga are safer than some homes” Police Commander
NUKULOFA, TONGA: In an address to a father and son prayer breakfast to mark International Day Against Violence Against Women, Police
Commander Chris Kelley pointed out that Ministry of Police crime statistics indicate that the streets...
13/11/2010 14:00
As Tonga fast approaches its historic elections, the Women and Children Crisis Centre is promoting the voices of young girls. In a first for the Kingdom the documentary, “Girls Ask” is being made in which young girls ask questions to the candidates about the issues of most importance to them....
13/11/2010 13:54
WCCC staff, ‘Asela Sauaki, Lesila To’ia and Vika ‘Akau’ola were invited to the Tongatapu, ‘Eua and Vava’u Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) - the week long sleep away camp for empowering young girls between the ages of 13 – 21.
Sauaki, WCCC Community Education Trainer was a guest speaker...
13/11/2010 13:48
At the crisis centre, the LAFIA team discussed the prevalence of violence against women, how the centre was established and causal societal factors for why violence occurs. The team were interested in the fact that the statistics for Tonga show that jealousy and finances are two of the most...
13/11/2010 13:44
The first official trafficking case has been reported in the Kingdom of Tonga, reflecting a broader emerging trend in the Pacific.
Often called modern day slavery, trafficking involves the sale, transport and profit from human beings who are forced to work for others. This can be any kind of...
13/11/2010 13:41
A first hand account from a worker at WCCC.
I took care of a survivor of domestic violence and her 7 children as part of my work at the WCCC.
This case reached court and it has been delayed 7 times. Almost every hearing has had a new judge, and with that comes a new way of dealing with domestic...
13/11/2010 13:27
Protecting the rights of women
during the electoral campaigns we again find ourselves digging up the same old arguments against CEDAW (the Convention for Elimination of Discrimination Against Women).
The points raised by some candidates that CEDAW will legalize same sex marriage and...
