For one page Summary Click Here. For Full Report Click Here. Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.  Sexual Harassment can be in different forms, such as; Sexual assault...

Every family has their problems and everyone has different ways to deal with it. There is a difference between healthy disagreements to abusive behavior. Strong toktok hemi oraet nomo but domestik vaelens hemi ol fasin blong givim kil mo talem ol nogud toktok ensaet...

I gat fulap man mo woman wea olgeta hemi no save wanem hemi rape mo wanem hemi consent. Taem wan man hemi silip wetem wan woman mo woman tu hemi wantem silip wetem hem, hemia CONSENT. Taem wan man hemi silip wetem wan woman be woman ia hemi no wantem silip wetem hem,...

One of the first things a teenage girl is taught when she enters puberty is how to dress. So as not to give the ‘wrong impression’, a ‘proper’ young lady doesn’t wear particular clothing that is outside of societal expectations and if she decides to wear something...

“We live in a society that teaches girls how not to get raped, instead of teaching boys not to rape.” Sexual vaelens hemi wan issue wea fulap pipol hemi findem no esi blong tokboat. Hemi important blong tok tok long saed blong sexual vaelens wetem family mo frens...

Taem yu singaot rabis toktok long wan gel wea hemi stap insaed long wan public space, hemia sexual harassment. Street harassment hemi wan form of sexual harassment wea ol perpetrators hemi usually ol man mo boe. Hemi taem wan man hemi makem rabis toktok long ol woman...

Image based sexual abuse is also known as ‘cyber sexual assault’, ‘revenge porn’ or ‘non-consensual pornography’. The former term is preferred as the latter terms are misleading. What is pornography? ‘Porn’ is the portrayal of sexual subject matter and the people...

Wan bigfala warning sign blong wan unhealthy relationship hemi taem wan man hemi possessive. ‘Possessive’ hemi taem wan man hemi wantem full love mo attention blong yu wan nomo. Hemi no likem yu blong toktok wetem ol frends mo family blong yu, mo hemi act olsem se yu...

This week we will look at child custody and maintenance under the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1986 [CAP. 192] and the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 Custody refers to the day to day care and control of minor children (0-18 years) or older than 18 years if the child is...

Violence against women is one of the most widespread violations of human rights worldwide. The Pacific – including Vanuatu- has some of the highest rates of violence against women in the world. Almost 2 out of 3 women have been subjected to physical or sexual violence...

Summary Violence against women (VAW) is widely condemned as a fundamental violation of human rights and is recognized as a significant public health problem, causing enormous social harm and costs to national economies. This report is a literature review that aims to...

Wanem ia maret? Provides information’s on what marriage is, why some marriage is regarded as not legal or does not follow the law, and why it is important that all marriages follow the law. It also provides information on the legal age for marriage under the law and...

A mini-retreat was planned by the Vanuatu Women’s Centre (VWC) for early July 2020, to provide an opportunity for staff to debrief and share their experiences from the three emergencies that faced Vanuatu during the first half of 2020.  This report summarizes...

In 2009 the Vanuatu Women’s Centre (VWC) undertook a national baseline study of the prevalence of violence against women aged 15 to 49, in partnership with the Vanuatu National Statistics Office. One of the most important findings from the 2009 national prevalence...

Men are also responsible to help stop violence against women. It is important too that men understand the importance of the part they should play in helping stop domestic violence or violence against women and young girls. To also understand and know how to properly...

This spreadsheet excel file presents a statistics on the number of domestic violence cases, and what was taken to address under who and where.   To View full file, Click Here

In March 2009 the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs commissioned the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland to undertake a research project entitled Pacific Pathways to Sexual Violence Prevention Research, to provide further insight into the...

Child maintenance is the most important part when it comes to separations between a couple. It is here that the financial stability of the child is crucial, especially when the couple is not married.  Maintenance of a child is the money that the child’s father has to...

Child custody is when two partners separate and the concern of their child’s welfare is to be decided by the law of custody on who or which parent gets the custody of the child. Custody is the right of a parent by the law to have their child’s full custody and which...

The family protection Act is a brochure produced by the Vanuatu women’s center. Within this brochure contains information’s on law’s regarding family protections, and general information’s on what this law can do and its importance, Such as why you need to protect a...

Domestik vaelens (o samtaem yumi singaotem famli vaelens) hemi eni kaen vaelens we wan man o woman i mekem agensem wan famli memba.   To read full document, Click Here  

The Counselling approach sits under the Vanuatu component of the PTL Reducing GBV Project which began between January and July 2015 in Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and Timor Lest.  In Vanuatu, work has focused largely on working with faith leaders, community leaders,...