RECOMMENDATION 28: Strengthen the justice system to ensure equal access to justice, adequate standards of services and for the judiciary to proactively consider risks of ifoga and character references on victims of family violence. RECOMMENDATION 29: Amend the Village Fono Act 1990 to specifically list Family Violence as an area of concern for the Village Fono. RECOMMENDATION 30: Empower the Village Fono and Village Family Safety Committee to play a role in bringing perpetrators of family violence to formal justice. RECOMMENDATION 31: Empower the Village Fono / Village Family Safety Committee to play a direct role in the protection of individual cases of family violence through provision of shelter for victims and appropriate penalties for perpetrators. RECOMMENDATION 32: Increase the capacity of the church to protect against family violence and prevent placing victims at risk of further harm. RECOMMENDATION 33: Government to take a pro-active role in strengthening and coordinating the Non-Government Organisation sector response to family violence. RECOMMENDATION 34: Reduce alcohol abuse rates. RECOMMENDATION 35: Address traditional and religious giving practices to reduce family violence arising from financial pressures and increase financial empowerment programmes. RECOMMENDATION 36: Develop understanding of the role of anger in family violence, expand anger management programmes and address the role of jealously through education and awareness programmes. RECOMMENDATION 37: Increase national financial literacy. RECOMMENDATION 38: Mitigate the loss of outdated family violence prevention mechanisms through strengthening other mechanisms and implementing the range of Inquiry recommendations to establish new ones. Full implementation of the Inquiry recommendations can also be used to reempower men and women within the village context. RECOMMENDATION 39: Raise awareness on the consequences of excessive use of technology and promote alternative healthy living activities.

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