Women in Vanuatu are planning a protest march next week to call for an end to violence against women in the country.
This comes after a woman was abducted, assaulted and verbally abused for expressing her views in a public forum on Facebook.
Deputy Lord Mayor of Port Vila, Leimara Malachi, said the protest was planned for next Wednesday to coincide with the first sitting of the country's new parliament for the year.
Mrs Malachi said hundreds of men and women from the private, public and informal sector as well churches in the country will march along the Port Vila seafront to the steps of parliament.
"We have three or four petitions to forward to the minister of internal affairs so that the minister of internal affairs will work on it and we will see how it will go."
Mrs Malachi said the petitions called for among other things a holistic approach to ending violence against women and ensuring the punishment of those involved in the abduction and beating of Florence Lengkon on the weekend.
RNZI reports the post for which she was targeted, Florence Lengkon criticised the arrogant and unprofessional behaviour of public transport providers who have been squabbling over fares for tourists arriving on cruise ships in Port Vila.