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Due to widespread violence against women, the UN Women's Strategic Plan [20] has focused on PNG as a priority country. [21] UN Women are focusing on the existing gender-based violence in PNG, the role of women in political developments, inter-agency coordination mechanisms, women's economic empowerment and advancing the gender equality agenda. [21]
As of 1 February 2019, Papua New Guinea was one of only three countries in the world out of 235 that had no women in its legislative branch or parliament. [2] In the 2017 national election, 165 women ran for parliament out of a total of 3,000 candidates, or five percent. No women were elected, including the three female incumbents. [3]
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.
Inclusion is defined as being economic, social, and political. This dimension contains five indicators. Education, measured as the average number of years of education of women 25 years and older. Financial inclusion, measured as percentage of women with a bank account (individual or joint).
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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Political office-holders in Papua New Guinea (8 C, 1 P) + Papua New Guinean women in politics (3 C, 9 P) A.
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 .
Mary Kini MBE is a human rights and peace activist in Papua New Guinea (PNG). She is a co-founder and the coordinator of Kup Women for Peace, an organization of women dedicated to addressing the problem of tribal fights in the Kup area of PNG.