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The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is working with the UN Gender Task Team to help develop Policy on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Papua New Guinea. UNDP has three key areas: 1) Supporting women so that they can participate and represent in decision making, both at national and sub-national levels; 2) Giving support to ...
Today, Kissam works with the Papua New Guinea Tribal Foundation, an organisation that works in areas of maternal and child health, education, and gender-based violence. Here she led the Senisim Pasin (Change Behaviour) film campaign, a national campaign aimed at changing cultural attitudes about how women are valued in PNG. [15]
Crime prevention and law enforcement services in Papua New Guinea lie primarily in the hands of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC); [5] however, local police services are typically unreliable. The RPNGC is a government organisation led by the Police Commissioner and is responsible for the national police force, thus, holds power ...
Three bodies have been recovered after a landslide in Papua New Guinea, local officials told CNN on Saturday, adding that the death toll was likely to rise to a “significant” total.
Reports by UN agencies, Amnesty International, Oxfam and anthropologists show that "attacks on accused sorcerers and witches—sometimes men, but most commonly women—are frequent, ferocious and often fatal." [55] It's estimated about 150 cases of violence and killings are occurring each year in just the province of Simbu in Papua New Guinea ...
UNICEF describes the children in Papua New Guinea as some of the most vulnerable in the world. [6] According to UNICEF, nearly half of reported rape victims are under 15 years of age and 13% are under seven, [7] while a report by ChildFund Australia citing former Parliamentarian Dame Carol Kidu claimed 50% of those seeking medical help after rape are under 16, 25% are under 12 and 10% are ...
The unification of Western New Guinea with Papua New Guinea was official Australian government policy for a short period of time in the 1960s, before Indonesia's annexation of the region. [44] Generally, proposals regarding federation with Papua New Guinea are a minority view in the freedom movement.
Pages in category "Violence against women in Papua New Guinea" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.