Family Violence Survey Reaches Falefa
St Peter’s Primary School
Photo: SVSG
The Samoa Village Health Survey which is organized and being carried out by the Samoa Victim Support (S.V.S.G) as part of a research study into domestic violence in the country has now reached the village of Falefa in the District of Anoama'a.
The Survey is part of a larger research study led by the University College of London (UCL) and implemented in Samoa through the S.V.S.G, the National University of Samoa (N.U.S) and the Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS).
Over a two-day period in the village of Falefa, the survey covered a total of 180 participants, both men and women.
The Falefa EVE Team members and their mentor Mrs. Paupusi Chrichton played significant roles in ensuring that the survey was well coordinated and running smoothly. Falefa is the fifth village out of ten selected villages here in Samoa involved in the research study which started back in March 2020 and will see completion in 2024.
In each of the 10 villages, two EVE Team members (female and male) and a Mentor, have been selected from the S.VS.G village representatives. Since the project started, the EVE Team have been trained as local researchers to work closely with the lead researcher, Dr. Jenevieve Mannell from the U.C.L.
According to one of the enumerators, the respondents were happy to be a part of the survey, as they felt they were making a contribution towards ending violence against women and girls.
The research aims to understand the effectiveness of an intervention designed to address violence against women and girls. A total of 10 villages (8 in Upolu and 2 in Savaii) were selected to be part of the research study's efforts to develop an indigenous approach to preventing violence against women.
This week, the S.V.S.G Community team, together with the enumerators who were trained to administer the survey, are now continuing onto the big island of Savaii, for the survey administration for the villages of Fagae'e and Taga.
The S.V.S.G President Siliniu Lina Chang acknowledged and thanked the support of the village of Falefa not only in hosting the survey administration, but also in participating as respondents.