• Monitoring and evaluation of curriculum and its
impact.
INQUIRY FINDING 23: Corporal punishment in schools contributes to the prevalence of family violence and other negative societal outcomes.
Total prohibition is essential for the success of any family violence initiatives. However, the current ban in place in Samoa is not being fully
implemented, thereby increasing the risk and prevalence of family violence.
RECOMMENDATION
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.
ACTION OUTCOME
IMPLEMENTATION/
RESPONSIBLE AGENCY
• Incorporate teaching on the impacts of corporal
punishment in schools into positive parenting
programmes and disseminate through village
representatives.
• Monitor attitudes towards corporal punishment
in schools.
• Teacher training on non-violent discipline and
monitoring of student perceptions of teacher
violence to ensure full implementation.
• SVSG
• MWCSD with
collaboration with
village representatives
• MESC
• NUS
• NHRI
TIMEFRAME
• Immediate
attention
INQUIRY FINDING 24: Family violence continues, in part, due to the absence of support for its elimination from leading politicians, public
servants, traditional and religious leaders, and in their direct involvement in the perpetration of such violence.
INQUIRY FINDING 25: There is a general lack of awareness of key laws and services, which means that many victims may not access the support
they require and future prevention is not achieved, therefore allowing family violence to continue.
RECOMMENDATION
RECOMMENDATION 14: Conduct a
national public education and
awareness raising campaign,
ACTION OUTCOME
IMPLEMENTATION/
RESPONSIBLE AGENCY
TIMEFRAME
• Identify key role models across society, including
in Government, civil service, traditional and
religious leadership to be champions and lead
awareness raising campaigns.
• MWCSD
• Samoa Law and Justice
Sector
• Urgent attention