THERE is a line to be drawn when it comes to domestic violence, says DIVA for Equality co-founder Noelene Nabulivou.
Speaking to villagers of Wailotua during a campaign against gender-based violence, Ms Nabulivou said no woman should ever face violence in her household.
“A lot of red line is if there’s a man who is perpetrating the violence then there will be a consequence of that violence,” she said.
She added the work on highlighting issues of domestic violence was not easy and more work was needed.
“I think for anybody in a small island state and in a small community, you know there are times to be loud and there are times to be quiet and to do it in a face to face way — but both kinds of work are important.
“We can’t have a time when we are always in a soft voice because when we are in a soft voice and women are dying, then we are not also doing the right thing.
“So it’s trying to find the balance between doing the work of restoring justice of peace but also doing the work to say no, if you are harming women and if they are dying from it then there is a consequence to what you are doing because that is wrong. That’s where we are trying to balance things.
“We all know that we won’t change the future unless if we have different kinds of work going on. So some of us that have to do the loud work – we have to be the loud voices otherwise it doesn’t carry around the country.”
