Teretia Tokam

Teretia Tokam is a women's and children's rights activist in Kiribati. She is the founding coordinator of the Kiribati Women and Children Support Centre.

Biography Teretia Tokam graduated with a bachelor of laws from the University of the South Pacific. She then worked as a lawyer at the attorney general's office in Tarawa. While working on domestic violence cases as an attorney, she saw the need for more proactive efforts to combat gender-based violence.

Since 2017, she has served as the founding leader of the Tarawa-based Kiribati Women and Children Support Centre, a community-based organization supporting those facing domestic violence. While there, she helped open a second branch of the center on Kiritimati in 2021.