TRANSPARENCY VANUATU JOINS VANUATU WOMEN’S CENTER IN CONDEMING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORK AND ASKS ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS TO REPORT OR SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT.

Transparency Vanuatu CEO, Dr Willie Tokon, says that TIV Community Awareness in the Country includes talks on Corruption & Bribery, Rights and Duties, Importance of Voting and voting for the right person, Right To Information and DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

“In light of the recent much publicized incident of sexual harassment at work, TIV is asking all women, girls and persons living with disability to talk against and report any and all forms of sexual harassment at work or anywhere. The International Human Rights Convention, to which Vanuatu is a signatory and the Vanuatu National Constitution gives all Vanuatu citizens equal rights to freedom of speech and expression, freedom of movement and the rights to security.

Dr. Tokon is appealing to all associations affiliated to VANGO to continue to educate our communities on the Rights of everyone. There is a lot of work to be done. You only have to look at the Friday Daily Post Edition under the title “Court Briefs”. 99% of the cases at Domestic Violence and Sexual violence.