Commissioner Meleisea Leasiolagi Professor Malama Meleisea Current Post: Director, Centre for Samoan Studies, National University of Samoa A wellknown author and historian in Samoa and the Pacific. He has been a member of a number of recent research, survey projects which looked at participation of women in decision making positions, roles and traditional villages and new urban settlements. In previous work with UNESCO he oversaw and participated in UNESCO sponsored projects against domestic violence. He is a matai and sits in his village council. In his view family based violence (like all other forms of violence) should be eliminated completely from Samoan society through law reform and an intense and on-going national community education programme. Commissioner Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiataua-Lesa Previous Work: Member of Parliament for Aana Alofi No.2, Former Minister of Women Community and Social Development, Speaker of Parliament, Former Minister of Post & Telecommunications and has held prominent positions in various Government Ministries in the past. He is the secretary for EFKS Leulumoega since 1989. He is a serving member of his church holding various important positions. He strongly believes that this modern era and changes to our lifestyles plays a huge impact on the social issues we have today. We need to work extra hard for our young people before they fall further away. Everyone needs to do their part to end violence particularly parents and those most influential people such as church ministers and village leaders.