services available in Samoa. Such a centre could and should have a mobile unit to provide coverage around all of the inhabited islands of Samoa and provide services such as day care and child care, education support and facilitate forums for survivors. “Access to timely, clear accurate crisis information for any woman or girl who has, or is, experiencing physical, sexual or other forms of violence, wherever she is, at whatever time day or night, is vital in supporting her to access services to assist her safety.” Essential Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence, Partners for Prevention, Inquiry document 65 It could also be a place where perpetrators seeking to change their behaviours could go. One of the tragic aspects of the Inquiry was hearing from the number of perpetrators who do not want to be violent, but know of no other way. Currently the Government is drastically underfunding the approach to family violence. Whether this approach is because of a lack of understanding of the damage it is doing to the social fabric and economy of this country or more worryingly because it actually wants to retain the patriarchal status quo is unknown. Either way, the lack of visible and vocal support from national leaders, backed up by financial under-investment now has to be justified in light of the Inquiry findings – that family violence is costly, undermines the development of the country, breaches the Constitution, Fa’asamoa, human rights and principles of Faith. If no counter argument is put forward then the Inquiry expects to see an immediate and substantial investment in seriously tackling family violence and for leading politicians to become experts in the causes and solutions and stand up to champion the cause, both within the house and in their own communities. RECOMMENDATION 17: The establishment of a National Family Violence Crisis Centre with in-house certified counselors.   National qualification for counselors established. Establishment of a Crisis Centre providing a range of services and accessible in Apia and all rural areas. RECOMMENDATION 18: Universal Parliamentary support for tackling family violence. • Universal moral support, acceptance and endorsement of Inquiry recommendations by all Parliamentarians. 14.2.2 Programmes The current lack of support for tackling family violence is nowhere more obvious than in the programmes provided by Government ministries, limited by the wholly inadequate budgetary allocation that is granted.