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10 total results foundAuthor: Jansen, Henrica A.F.M. Title: National Study on Domestic Violence against Women in Tonga Summary: Violence against women (VAW) is a global problem that crosses cultural, geographic, religious, social and economic boundaries and is a violation of human rights. Violence against women deprives women of their right to fully take part in social and economic life. It causes a myriad of physical and mental health issues and in some cases results in loss of life. A lack of understanding of the magnitude of VAW, its causes and consequences, and the trends and patterns across cultures and countries, including the Pacific, hinders the development of efforts to address it. Up until now, very little has been known about the prevalence and patterns of VAW and domestic violence in Tonga, and there has been a real need for evidence to learn more about the prevalence, causes and consequences of AW, and in particular to inform policy directions. To address this lack of data, Ma`a Fafine mo e Famili Inc. (MFF) initiated a research project on understanding violence against women in this country. In 2008, MFF was awarded funding from AusAID to conduct a study. This marked the first time a large-scale quantitative and qualitative study on this topic was conducted in Tonga. The National Study on Domestic Violence against Women in Tonga consisted of two separate components: a quantitative study based on the methodology developed for the WHO Multi-Country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women; and a qualitative study based on Tongan methodology of Talanoa and Nofo (see below). The use of qualitative and quantitative components was to seek results that complemented each other. The study sought to obtain information about: (1) The prevalence, frequency and types of violence against women, including: Physical and sexual violence, emotional abuse and controlling behaviours by intimate partners; Physical and sexual violence against women since they were 15 years old, by non-partners; and xxi Sexual abuse in childhood (before 15 years of age)1; (2) The extent to which violence against women by a partner is associated with a range of health and other outcomes; (3) Factors that may either protect or put women at risk of violence by a partner; and (4) Coping strategies and services that women use to deal with domestic violence, as well as perceptions about domestic violence against women. Details: Nuku‘alofa, Kingdom of Tonga: Ma`a Fafine mo e Famili Inc., 2012. 165p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 5, 2013 at: http://countryoffice.unfpa.org/pacific/drive/tonga-vaw-report-final-2012.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Tonga Keywords: Domestic Violence Shelf Number: 129525 |
Author: Esser, Joseph Walsh Title: From Hyperghettoization to the Hut: dilemmas of identity among transmigrant Tipoti in the Kingdom of Tonga Summary: Youth interactions with structures of the community, as well as their self-conceptions of identity, masculinity, and ethnicity, are highly powerful social categories that inform behaviors and practices. Through life history narratives of deported immigrant Tongan gang members, I examine adaptation to violent U.S. inner-cities, U.S. penal institutions, and rural Tongan villages. In one context an identity may transform into violent delinquency spiraling through the American criminal/penal system; yet in a separate context, the same individual may develop into a devout churchgoer and steward of the community as each youth delineates what it means to be Tongan. Moving beyond the conventional explanation of gang formations and violence, the construction and performance of social identities are central to the formations of violence, gangs, and criminality. Through positing macrostructural and macrohistorical forces, the important interplay between social structures and individual agency emerges. Through a self-reflexive and interpretive process of revisiting and reimagining identity and ethnicity, in addition to changing socio-cultural frameworks and social structures (deportation and stigmatization as tipoti or deportees in the "homeland") ultimately result in access to new social and symbolic resources and decisions to abandon violence and criminality. Details: Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, 2011. 340p, Source: Internet Resource: Dissertation: Accessed June 19, 2017 at: http://gradworks.umi.com/34/90/3490644.html Year: 2011 Country: Tonga Keywords: Gang Violence Shelf Number: 146270 |