Media Release
Benito Cantero DIRECTOR of Police Pohnpei: New Law, New Attitude!
February 9, 2018
[GUAM Feb 09 2018] According to Benito Cantero, Director of Police in Pohnpei, it took approximately ten years for the women of Pohnpei to successfully push through legislation on family violence. The Domestic Issues Act (2017) provides for mechanisms and procedures to deal with incidents of Domestic Violence. The law
Edmond Salik CHIEF of Police Kosrae: Domestifc Violence is More Than Just The Name
February 9, 2018
[GUAM Feb 08 2018] With a population of approximately 6,500 people, Edmond Salik who is the Chief of Police for Kosrae one of the four-island states of Federated States of Micronesia sees the challenges of addressing violence against women on Kosrae very clearly. Salik explained that most of their reported
Johnny Santos CHIEF of FSM National Police FSM: Training Critical For All Police
February 8, 2018
[GUAM Feb 08 2018] “Human rights is an area I am not too familiar with, I know my government has made agreements to uphold human rights but I’ve never really known what exactly those agreements were,” expressed Johnny Santos, Chief of National Police Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Santos, who
George Lanwi, COMMISSIONER of Police, RMI: Working Closely With NGOs Is Critical
February 7, 2018
[GUAM Feb 07 2018] George Lanwi, who has been the Commissioner of Police in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) for the last twenty-years and a member of the RMI police force for 30 years, says that working closely with their women’s group, Women United Together Marshall Islands (WUTMI),
Aloysius Aloriz, DIRECTOR of Bureau of Public Safety, Palau: Challenges of Policing Violence in Small Communities
February 6, 2018
[Guam Feb 06 2018] Director of the Palau Bureau of Public Safety, Aloysius Aloriz says that the recently passed Family Protection Act (2012) and the No Drop Policy are key tools to ensuring that survivors access to justice is ensured on the island of Palau, with a population of approximately
“It’s going to take all of us to address violence against women”: Chief Of Police Guam Joseph Cruz
February 5, 2018
[05 February, Guam] “One of the commitments I have made as the Chief of Police from Guam, is to assist police from across Micronesia by helping to culminate training, such as this, to up-skill and improve police responses to violence against women and domestic violence cases,” said Joseph Cruz, Guam