Better laws needed to protect women and children in Tonga

A women's advocate in Tonga, 'Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki, says the government needs to improve legislation around the protection of women and children. Ms Guttenbeil-Likiliki who is the director of the Women and Children Crisis Centre says the group is still working on getting Tonga to ratify CEDAW, a convention seeking to eliminate discrimination against women. She told Koro Vaka'uta the centre also backs a fellow NGO's initiative looking to change the law which allows children between the ages of 15 and 17 to get married with parental consent.