In Samoa, a Bill to prevent violence against women and children has been presented to Cabinet.
Currently domestic violence comes under the Crimes Ordinance Act.
But the Family Safety Bill aims to give more power to police, health officials and educators to prevent violence and rehabilitate victims.
In an interview on Radio Australia International Lina Chang, president of Victim Support Group said her group was very involved with domestic violence and rehabilitation. She hopes that with the bill being introduced, “we will manage to convince our people to have a different mind set”.
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- Radio Australia
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