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12/03/2012 11:23
PRESS RELEASE (21/12)
8th March 2012
On the occasion of International Women’s Day today, the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Tuiloma Neroni Slade says the Pacific region is at a critical cross-road in the promotion of gender equality which is Goal 3 of the Millennium...
09/03/2012 11:08
It has only been two years since the centre has been established yet WCCC’s statistics reflect the broader society trend in which more people are reporting incidences of violence against women.
For 2011 a total number of 262 clients sought the centre’s support services, including women,...
09/03/2012 10:03
“The worked that you been carry out is very important and I’m here to learn and to support it, because violence against women is a major problem not only here in Tonga but throughout the world as a whole”, Police Minister, Hon. Lisiate ‘Akolo comment on his visit to the Women & Children...
08/03/2012 17:05
"HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY to all the courageous and committed women in each of our lives who without fail continue to fight for a better Tonga, a better Pacific, a better World. To our mothers, our sisters, our friends, our colleagues, our mentors - in solidarity we hope, we...
08/03/2012 16:55
Many women gathered at the Davina House to mark and celebrate the 101st year of the International Women Day.
The day started with a prayer led by Sr. Keiti Ann Kanongata’a. The day was blessed with the presence of His Honorable, Lord Vaea, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and...
08/03/2012 16:48
Violence against women and girls in Tonga: The reality of everyday life
(by Ma’a Fafine moe Famili)
The Members of Parliament Social Justice Committee have been presented with some disturbing facts about the everyday reality for women and girls in Tonga as based on a Tonga’s first...
08/03/2012 16:43
A firsthand account of reporting of domestic violence from a client of WCCC
“I have made up my mind today that I will never get together with my husband. I now want to go see a lawyer. I want a Restraining Order to stop him from coming to where I stay.
I have been physically abused since we...
08/03/2012 16:38
A firsthand account of reporting of domestic violence from a client of WCCC
“He went last Friday 20/1/2012 to work, and up to today he hasn’t returned home. We had one child who was adopted and he is dead now. I was so worried about my husband, where he is because I know that he went to work. I...
08/03/2012 16:23
WCCC Staffs held awareness program to four Government Primary Schools in Tonga at the Eastern District which are Mu’a, Lapaha, Afa and Niutoua. They talk about the services that the centre provides, the core areas that the centre is working towards to achieve in a simple way for the students to...
08/03/2012 16:06
Students of Ocean of Light International School celebrate their Feast Day with doing a service project. “Students are collecting gifts and they have to choose an organization to present them their gifts as their donation, and they chose Women & Children Crisis Centre to be their service...
