The High Court will sentence a 33 year old father from Marau, East Guadalcanal next month for raping his 12-year old daughter five times last year. The father pleaded guilty to the five counts of rape. He was supposed to receive his sentence today, but it was not ready.
Domestic violence offenders including perpetrators breaching the new Police Safety Notices and Family Protection Orders face a three years imprisonment term or $30,000 fine.
A father of six children from Isabel Province who had sex with his eldest daughter and attempted to rape his second daughter will hear his fate as soon as the prosecution council provide a victim impact statement to the High Court Judge next week.
A young man in his early twenties will serve seven years in prison for raping a 14 year old girl in January last year. The man pleaded guilty after he was committed for trial at the High Court. He was attending a fundraising held at a private house when he told another girl to bring the victim to
The High Court has sentenced a man from Western Province to 13 years prison sentence for the rape of an 18 year old high school student in Gizo, Western Province. Dick Alu was convicted on two counts of rape.
The Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs says the Solomon Islands Government has taken positive steps to address violence against women since the Family Health and Safety Study in 2009.
The British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Dominic Meiklejohn has congratulated the Solomon Islands Government and stakeholders on the establishment of the Seif Ples Clinic.
Honiara now has a Gender Based Violence Clinic and Referral Center to help victims of violence. Speaking today at the launching of the “Seif Ples” Clinic, City Mayor Andrew Mua says the Clinic will also help prevent violence against women and children.
The country will launch its first clinic for survivors of sexual gender-based violence, SGBV, Tuesday this week. Called “SEIF PLES”, it is the first clinic in the Solomon Islands to offer comprehensive care to survivors of sexual gender-based violence.
One in four women in East Asia and the Pacific condone physical or sexual violence against women. A new World Bank report has found that 30 per cent of women has experienced physical or sexual violence in the region, with the figure as high as 64 per cent in Solomon Islands. World Bank Director of
The Family Support Centre F-S-C is providing awareness on sexual abuse and violence for women, girls and children in evacuation centres as it started to record and verify cases.
A Safe House has been established at Noro, Western Province to look after women victims of domestic and sexual violence. Noro Safe House is an initiative by Sergeant Elizabeth Takeiango from Noro Police and another female Sergeant from the Gizo Police office to provide shelter and care for the…
The Family Support Centre has expressed concern over the risks of sexual abuse and violence for women, girls and children currently living at Evacuation Centers in Honiara.
