Economic Economic Empowerment See Returns for Tongan Families

On 5 December 2018, nine female participants of a pilot economic empowerment project of Tonga National Centre for Women and Children (TNCWC) received certificates of completion from Honourable Dr Sharman Stone, Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls. Between September and December 2018, these women completed six training programs, conducted in partnership with the ANZ bank, Tonga Skills program and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The training sessions focused on financial literacy, cooking, sewing, screen printing, product design and health and wellbeing.