NGOs petition supports CEDAW ratification

Ms. Likiliki, you're right by saying that, "These two issues (legalizing gay marriage and abortion) are not spelled out in CEDAW nor are they hiding in some clauses of the convention as it claimed." I tell you where they hide. They hide within the CEDAW Committee itself.

If we dig deeper into the CEDAW's performance and the CEDAW Committee's several meetings in UN during the last 30 years, we will discover how the CEDAW Committee has read more into the treaty than what the written text says, and also reinterpreting it beyond what we've envisioned and that's where those "two issues" become a significant part of the CEDAW's political agenda. We will discover how it cunningly wedges itself into its members politics. We say that the devil is in the details, but in this issue, the devil is in the interpretation and enforcement.

Dig in to the Committee's 41st session in 2008. You will find out how the CEDAW questioned seven of its members including the United Kingdom whether national judiciaries are depending on CEDAW when making legislative decisions while over-ruling or changing conflicting domestic laws. In the same session, they perceived religious people as "infringement" to women's rights. They questioned every country the extent to which they incorporated the CEDAW into their country's domestic law.

Now, Tonga is already in a culture war. Progressives academics and liberal theologians are taking side with those who would vote for legalizing of gay marriage in countries like Tonga. CEDAW can be a powerful political firepower for indoctrination of women on their behalf, and those who benefit from the CEDAW will definitely welcome this organization for financial reasons even though they don't believe in gay marriage and abortion.

Here is what I suggest. Start drafting bills that deal with the problem in detail, and also make sure that one of those bills spell out that anything in their seminars which redefine of marriage or encourage abortion is inadmissible. When that is done, then see if they can accept us. We must clear our backyard first before inviting guest. I'm sure that if they had accepted the Muslim nations while knowingly that they can't change their view of women, they would do the same thing with us.

We're ignorant to say that those two issues are not part of the CEDAW. Practical reality, they are.

Tau vakai angemu'a ki he lau 'a e kautaha CWA (Concerned Women for America ). He ko 'enau taumu'a ke fakafoki e pule'anga ki he mo'ui faka-Tohitapu mo faka-Kalisitiane (Biblical principles). 'Oku 'ikai ke 'not spelled out' 'ehe CEDAW ia ke fakangofua 'a e 'same sex' 'a e kakai fefine, pea mo e 'abortion'. Ka 'oku 'i loto , 'i he tefito'i fakakaukau mo e 'uhinga 'o e CEDAW, 'a e Totonu &Tau'ataina Ta'etoefehu'ia 'a e Kakai Fefine ke Fakatotama, mali faka-sotoma, fe'auaki, pa'umutu, mali vete etc. Ko e me'a 'oku loto ki ai 'a e CEDAW ke fakalao'i pea fakangofua 'i he fonua kotoape 'i mamani 'a e uuni me'a ko'eni 'o fakatatau ki he fakakaukau mo e tu'utu'uni 'a e CEDAW. Ko e taimi 'e fakamo'oni ai 'a Tonga ki he polokala ko'eni, 'e foaki leva 'ehe UN 'a e pa'anga 'e laui miliona ki honau 'ofisi 'i Tonga ke nau ngaue 'aki ki hono liliu 'a e lao Tonga pea mo fa'u 'a e ngaahi lao kotoape ke fakangofua 'a e totonu kotoape 'a e kakai fefine 'oku fiema'u 'e he polokalama pea mo e talite ko'eni. 'I he ta'u 'e 26, ko e taha 'eku ngaahi ngaue ko e 'alu 'o faka'eke'eke 'a e fa'ahinga kotoape 'oku puke 'o fakahu 'i he pilisone 'i ha fa'ahinga hia pe. Na'aku lave'i heni 'a hono faka'auha 'o e fanau fefine 'o e mamani, kau ai mo 'etau fanau Tonga 'ehe hia pa'umutu (prostitution). Na'aku lave'i 'a e fanau fefine ko'eni, ko 'enau fai pe 'a e me'ani 'i honau loto 'ata'ataa pe, pea mo 'enau fiema'u, pea mo e fiema'u pa'anga vave, kae mate 'aupito e laumalie ia. 'Oku ai taimi lahi 'oku ou 'ilo 'oku nau ngaue ki ha ngaahi kautaha, ka ko e me'a tepuu, ko honau loto 'ata'ata pe 'o kinautolu ke nau fai 'a e me'a koia, tokua ke 'enau totonu faka-CEDAW ke nau fa'iteliha pe ki honau sino.
'Oku ngaue 'a e ngaahi fonua koia 'oku nau fakamo'oni kihe CEDAW, 'i he tokoni fakapa'anga 'a e UN, ke fakalahilahi hono tautea 'a e fa'ahinga 'oku nau fakalele 'a e ngaahi pisinisi 'prostitution' kae fakasi'isi'i pe 'a e tautea 'o e kakai fefine 'oku nau loto ke pa'umutu, pe na'a lava ke falalao'i ke malu'i kinautolu. Kuo 'i ai ngaahi fonua ni'ihi kuo lava liliu lao honau fonua 'i he funga 'o e tokoni fakapa'anga 'a e CEDAW, ke to'o 'aupito 'a e fo'ilea 'honesty' (faitotonu) meihe ngaue'aki ki he kau 'victims' 'o e ngaahi hia 'rape', kae fetongi'aki 'a e 'integrity' (anga haohaoa) tatau aipe ia pe na'e anga kovi 'a e 'victims' pe 'ikai. Ko hono 'uhinga ka 'i ai ha fefine na'e 'rape' pea 'oua 'e lau 'i he fakamaau'anga ia 'a hono lekooti pa'umutu, kapau na'e 'i ai ha lekooti pehe. Kuo 'i ai 'a e fonua ia taha kuo to'o 'aupito 'a e fakaukau'i ia 'o e nofo mali 'i he hia 'rape' laine tatau mai pe matu'a mali ia mo e kau faka-suva, 'boyfriends', mo e kau faihia, 'ikai ha toe me'a ia koha ki'i monu'ia 'o e matu'a mali ke ngali mahu'inga 'a e katoanga na'e fai. Ko e tu'umai 'a e motu'a mali ia he hopo hange pe ia toki sio pe ia finemotu'a he motu'a. Koe kautaha koia 'ae kakai fefine 'o mamani (women movement ) ,ko hono mahanga 'twin sister' 'eni 'ae CEDAW, pea ko hona nimato'omata'u 'eni 'ae 'Democrat Party' ke fakahoko fakalao 'ena ongo fiema'u kotoape. Me'apango 'oku fu'u malohi 'ae kalokalo 'ae kau Kalisitiane 'o 'Amelika (Republican Party & CWA) ke nofo pe 'a 'Amelika 'ihe tefito'i tui faka-Kalisitiane he 'oku fakatupumonu'ia kihe kakai, pea moe pule'anga 'oe ' United State of America'. 'Oku 'iai 'ae akonaki 'oku ma'u meiihe Tohitapu 'oku pehee, 'Eiki, 'oua teke ngaohi au keu koloa'ia 'o fakatatau ki he'eku fa'a kole vale atu kia Koe. He 'e fakatupu ai ha'aku ta'e faitotonu, fa'akai, fakapikopiko mo fa'a mohe, pea mo fai e ngaahi angahala kehekehe, pea fakatupu houhau kiate Koe. 'Oua mu'a 'e tuku au ke u fu'u masiva he te u kaiha'a pea fai ha ngaahi angahala'e fakatupu houhau ai kiate Koe. Tuku pe mu'a kimautolu, pea 'omi hamau tufakanga 'o hange pe koia kuo ke foaki kiate kimautolu 'i he lolotonga ni, he 'oku fonu 'a 'uta mo tahina, mo e 'ataa, 'i he ngaahi koloa fakaenatula kehekehe kuo ke foaki ke mau mo'ui mei ai, pea mau ma'u pe ia mo fakafeta'i, pea ke mau kei tauhi atu aipe kiate Koe 'o ta'engata.......SAIA