Women and girls in the South Pacific suffer high rates of physical and sexual violence, including while pregnant, according to a new report by the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The report, Harmful Connections: Examining the relationship between violence against women and violence against children in the South Pacific, evaluated the situation of women and children from the South Pacific islands of Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.
Compiled from: Murray-Atfield, Yara, More than one in 10 women in South Pacific beaten while pregnant: UNICEF report, ABC News (May 18, 2015).