Oct 1, 2021 · A woman is beaten every 30 seconds in Papua New Guinea, and more than 1.5 million people experience gender-based violence in the country each year.

Gender Based Violence (GBV) 2016-2025. The National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to GBV was developed through the collaboration and contribution of diverse stakeholders held at …

The PNG Coalition of Parliamentarians to End Gender-Based Violence is bipartisan group of Members of Parliament from the PNG National Parliament who are committed to ending …

Jul 22, 2020 · Papua New Guinea is currently ranked 143 of 162 nations on the United Nations Gender Inequality Index. The rate of violence against women and girls is estimated to be at …

The Special Parliamentary Committee on Gender-Based Violence was established in 2020 by the National Parliament with a broad mandate to inquire into issues related to GBV and to report …

There are many resources that have been produced to guide activities to address GBV and SARV across PNG. The National GBV Strategy (2016-2025) provides the overarching policy …

In 2020, the Committee held the first national summit on ending gender-based violence. In August of this year, the Committee tabled a landmark Report on GBV in PNG in the National …

May 29, 2021 · PORT MORESBY, 20 MAY 2020 -, The COVID-19 crisis has prompted an urgent expansion of a counselling helpline used to provide support to people experiencing gender …

Papua New Guinea is facing twin epidemics of HIV and GBV with limited data available especially on GBV. With a population of 7,800,000, Papua New Guinea has 32,744 people living with …

Jan 26, 2025 · The National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence (2016-2025) aims to strengthen and institutionalize the work on GBV in order to achieve zero …