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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — Tonga's police minister has publicly expressed his strong opposition to an Act designed to provide protection from domestic violence.
The Family Protection Act, legislated in 2014, was drafted to provide safeguards for family members and applies specifically to women and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man charged with assaulting his wife with a metal pipe inside their home in the presence of their children has entered a ‘not guilty’ plea to the four charges against him — public peace disturbance, 2 counts of third degree assault and endangering the welfare of a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the legal process in court moves forward, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has advised Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga to rescind the termination letter for former director of the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs (DYWA), Jonathan Fanene.
This is according to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Pre-Trial Conference (PTC) for Jonathan Fanene is scheduled for July 25, 2019 at 9 a.m after he entered pleas of 'not guilty' to the charges against him during arraignment before Associate Justice Fiti Sunia last week.
Trial date is set for April 25, 2022.
Fanene, who...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A former American Samoa cabinet member and NFL star has pled not guilty to 13 charges related to a domestic violence incident.
Jonathan Fanene pled not guilty the High Court and he was arraigned before Associate Justice Fiti Sunia and Chief Associate Judge Mamea Sala Jr...
Dear Editor,
Domestic Violence in American Samoa runs rampant in our community. One out of four women in the US face intimate violence between partners, versus Pacific Islander Women, which is two out of three women. (Goydych, 2017)
Domestic Violence is not new in our territory. It appears in our...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Among the challenges faced by a victim, in “leaving an abusive relationship”, is where she should reside and who is going to support her, since the husband is often the family’s breadwinner, says Mona Uli of the American Samoa Alliance Against Domestic and Sexual...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A rally against Domestic Violence is being held this morning, June 10, 2019, at 6 a.m in Fagatogo — organized by supporters to speak out against is the issue of breaking silence on domestic violence — an issue that has come to the forefront of our community this month....
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — A study by New Zealand academics has called on churches in Samoa to help stop violence against women in the Pacific nation.
The report, titled Church Responses To Gender-Based Violence Against Women in Samoa, examines how Samoa's social, cultural and religious systems act...
Otago NEW ZEALAND — A new study recommends Samoan churches need to be actively involved in solving the Island’s domestic violence problems.
It’s estimated 60 per cent of women on the island nation are the victim of spousal violence.
From the age of five, 99 per cent of Samoans are affiliated...