Citation

Heard E, Fitzgerald L, Va'ai S, Collins F, Mutch A. Violence Against Women 2019; 25(3): 297-312.

Affiliation

University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801218778388

PMID

29961399

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant global issue and there is an immediate need to strengthen knowledge and support innovative action, particularly with young people and people in diverse cultural settings. This ethnodrama provides insights into the way young people in Samoa, a Pacific Island nation reporting high rates of IPV, experience and perceive IPV and challenges within intimate relationships. Suiga/Change is an authentic, emotive, and powerful story of four young people who represent the diversity and lived experiences of the wider population of young people in Samoa. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

Pacific; ethnodrama; intimate partner violence; young people