This thesis is about how women in Tuvalu who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) understand, find, and use the help that is supposed to support them — such as the police, hospitals, lawyers, women’s organisations, churches, and family members. Rather than looking only at laws or government policies, the study listens directly to women who have lived through violence and asks them: How did you find help? What made it easier or harder to get support? What actually worked for you — and what didn’t? What needs to change to better support women in Tuvalu?