The Spotlight Initiative seeks to eliminate violence against women and girls and is a collaborative effort between the United Nations and European Union. 

It was launched in Samoa last month with €3 million (£2.6 million/$3.1 million) in backing, and having recruited partners including the SASNOC.

The SASNOC has published two safeguarding documents to support the Spotlight Initiative.

One is a SASNOC Institutional Review, which places a specific focus on ending violence against women and girls.

Other topics of focus include helping national bodies deal with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The second document is the SASOC Communication Strategy for Ending Violence against Women and Girls.

Both advance gender equality and underline that the SASCOC will have a zero-tolerance approach towards violence against women and girls in sport, it is claimed.

SASNOC officials have also met with New Zealand's Pacific gender equality ambassador Louisa Wall recently to discuss advancing women's rights, and in 2021 held workshops to raise awareness of gender-based violence.

The Spotlight Initiative's €3 million in funding for Samoa is hoped to lead to legislation which can help eradicate violence against women and boost support for survivors.

A 2016 study found 60 per cent of women between the ages of 29 to 49 in Samoa who were in a relationship reported that they had experienced some form of abuse from an intimate partner.