Tonga's Cabinet agrees to ratify CEDAW
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 22:53
The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga announced this evening in a statement that it has agreed to ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) after lengthy and thorough discussions in Cabinet last week, on Wednesday 4 and Friday 6 March 2015. The decision comes as a breakthrough for Tonga's women's organisations who have been seeking government's consent for two decades.
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Tukukehe ange 'ae ngaahi
Tukukehe ange 'a e ngaahi akonaki 'a Sisu. Ka na'e toe 'i ai mo e lao na'e foaki 'e he 'Otua kia Mosese 'oku ui ko e Fekau 'e 10, pea toe poupou pe kiai 'a Sisu. 'I he akonaki koia 'a Sisu, pea pehe foki ki he Fekau 10 'oku na fakaha ai 'a e ngaahi me'a ke tuku, mo e ngaahi me'a ke fai. Ngaahi matapa ke tau hu ai mo e ngaahi matapa ke 'oua na'a tau hu ai, ka tau ma'u 'a e pule'anga 'o Hevani. Kuo kehe 'eni ia kuonga, he kuo fa'u 'e he ngaahi fonua faka-Kalisitiane ia 'a e lao 'o fakaava 'a e matapa kotoape ki he lelei mo e kovi fakatou'osi, faka-Kalisitiane pe ta'e-faka-Kalisitiane, tapui pe ta'e tapui 'e he fekau 10, ke ngaue'aki 'e he kakai Kalisitiane 'o mamani. 'Oku tau fakamalo ki he fakatokanga'i 'e Tonga 'a e feinga ke malu'i 'a e totonu 'a e kakai fefine, pea ko e me'a totonu ke tau fai. Ka ko 'etau 'next step' ke fakangofua 'a e 'abortion & same sex marriage '. Kouha Tiane ia? ... SAIA