RECOMMENDATION 11: Take necessary measures to remove barriers affecting the participation of
women and other groups in the Village Fono, Parliament and Churches.
RECOMMENDATION 12: Through a consultative process develop a family safety curriculum to be
delivered to all children.
RECOMMENDATION 13: Strengthen the ban on corporal punishment in schools through educating
society on its negative impacts and how it violates the Fa’asamoa and human rights.
RECOMMENDATION 14: Conduct a national public education and awareness raising campaign,
targeting harmful attitudes and practices and raising understanding of key laws and services.
RECOMMENDATION 15: Ensure journalists are able to report on family violence in a manner which
protects victims and enhances national understanding of the nature and causes.
RECOMMENDATION 16: Minimise the harmful effects of media through education and standard
setting.
RECOMMENDATION 17: The establishment of a National Family Violence Crisis Centre with in-house
certified counselors.
RECOMMENDATION 18: Universal Parliamentary support for tackling family violence.
RECOMMENDATION 19: Increase spending and accountability on family violence programmes, placing
gender equality at the forefront.
RECOMMENDATION 20: Village Fonos to take a leading and proactive role in prevention of family
violence.
RECOMMENDATION 21: Churches to refrain from promoting attitudes which family violence breeds
and to become a leading actor in preventing family violence.
RECOMMENDATION 22: Establish data collection and Monitoring and Evaluation at the heart of all
family violence prevention work in Samoa.
RECOMMENDATION 23: Strengthen the legislative framework and develop a comprehensive
monitoring and evaluation framework.
RECOMMENDATION 24: Ensure the provision of universally accessible shelter services based on
current need.
RECOMMENDATION 25: Increase the capacity of the Police service to be able to carry out its role as
the primary protection agency for victims of family violence.
RECOMMENDATION 26: Enhance the role and capacity of the health service to adequately protect
against family violence and to play a role in ending the cycle of violence.
RECOMMENDATION 27: Further develop the allied health service in Samoa to adequately cater for
victims of family violence.
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