I le 1978, na molimau ai o ia i fono a le Konekeresi e faatatau i faiga sauā i aiga ma faiga taufeusuaʻiga. Na ia tusia le tusi "How to start a county-wide task force on family violence" (1980), o se tamaʻitusi mo le American Friends Service Committee. I le 1980s sa galue ai o ia i le Bronx State Psychiatric Hospital o se fesoasoani i togafitiga o le soifua maloloina o le mafaufau, ma i le 1995 na auai ai o ia i le Konafesi Lona Fa a le Lalolagi i Tamaitai
i Beijing. I le 2017, na saunoa ai Bako i le "faatasiga a le au femalagaaʻi lona lua" na faia e le Veteran Feminists of America i Niu Ioka.