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News | From Pacific Women
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Pacific girls are leading change in the region
Many Pacific adolescent girls face issues like teen pregnancy, violence and abuse, bullying, including cyber bullying, lack of access to education, and cultures, customs and beliefs that restrict the rights and abilities of girls.
Despite these, they are continuing to drive positive change across the region, including through the recent Pacific Girl Inception Workshop and Girls Speak Out event. Read more here.
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Adolescent girls, civil society organisations and the wider development community came together to ensure girls voices are heard in the Pacific Girl Program and lessons are shared. Find out more about the Pacific Girl Inception Workshop.
Pacific Girl is a $4.5 million multi-country Pacific Women program to support adolescent girls in Pacific Island countries achieve their full potential. Read more.
Find out more about Pacific Women’s regional partnerships.
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Minister Payne announced Australian support for Pacific Girl investment with the YWCA of Solomon Islands
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Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, announced Australia’s support to the Girls Rise Up! project, led by the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of Solomon Islands in partnership with CARE International.
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Radio adventures promoting positive parenting
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Raun Wantaim Savemahn (Hangout with Savemahn) is a radio program home-grown in Papua New Guinea developed to help mums, dads and other family members understand children’s development needs.
Each week, stories address issues
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relevant to parents, caregivers and young people such as early childhood development, ending violence against women and children, children’s and mothers’ nutrition, health and water, sanitation and hygiene.
The 45-episode series has been developed by UNICEF as part of its End Violence Against Children Campaign with Papua New Guinea’s Departments of Health, Education and Community Development.
Read more. Find out more about Pacific Women’s partnerships in Papua New Guinea.
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To get the most out of a loan scheme for women, start with family-based training
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We know that women’s economic empowerment brings a range of benefits beyond gender equality gains for individual women. It greatly improves the health, wellbeing and productivity of families and communities and contributes to effective, sustainable development.
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But what can be done to ensure that schemes that lend money to women are effective and do no harm? Two Pacific Women projects in Papua New Guinea are showing the importance of conducting family-based financial training before any money is loaned.
Read more here.
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Pacific Women undertaking a Six-Year Evaluation
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Pacific Women is undertaking its Six-Year Evaluation from September 2019–September 2020. The findings will support effective implementation of the final three years of the program and guide future Australian gender equality investments. The evaluation is being conducted in two stages.
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The first stage is underway, focusing on the program’s achievements, lessons and challenges. The second stage, conducted by Pacific researchers from February–September 2020, will further examine the social, cultural and political structures and norms in which Pacific Women operates. Read more.
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Applying a gender lens to measuring risk: investing to end gender-based violence
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Gender lens investing is the practice of investing for financial return while also considering the benefits to women, both through improving economic opportunities and social well-being for girls and women. This article in Foreign Policy explores the impact of gender-based violence
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on productivity and the contribution that gender lens investing can make by re-examining how investors understand risk. Read more here.
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If at first you don’t succeed… does standing more than once help women in Papua New Guinea elections?
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This Devpolicy Blog compares pairs of elections and see whether women’s rankings improved across elections in Papua New Guinea.
The writers provide two pieces of advice for women interested in contesting elections in Papua New Guinea: do not assume your results will improve if you stand again next election; but also do not assume that just because you lost this time, you are destined to fail next time.
Read more here.
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Digital transformation: The role of mobile technology in Papua New Guinea – how to ensure women benefit too
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The Australian Government commissioned a report titled ‘The Digital Transformation: The Role of Mobile Technology in Papua New Guinea.’ In it, GSMA (an association representing mobile operators) concluded that the take-up of mobile phones and therefore the impact of technology is still in early stages in Papua New Guinea.
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They called on the Government and donors to ensure that Papua New Guinea’s digital future is one that will benefit all sectors and regions and leaves no one behind. Read more about the opportunities to advance and strengthen social and economic development and challenges of taking the social context within which women operate into account.
Read more here.
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Bel isi PNG e-news (Issue 3)
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In its third newsletter, Bel isi PNG provides updates on work in Papua New Guinea to support survivors of family and sexual violence (FSV), tools for addressing FSV in the workplace and stories of inspiring leadership and hope.
Read the e-news here.
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PNG Business Coalition for Women Newsletter (Issue 6, October 2019)
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The October 2019 newsletter reports on the Coalition’s two new courses and the graduation of three new cohorts of women who have completed their Certificate IV in Leadership and Management.
Read the newsletter here.
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
25 November–10 December 2019
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World AIDS Day
1 December 2019
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
3 December 2019
International Volunteers Day
5 December 2019
Human Rights Day
10 December 2019
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PNG Impact
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
3–4 December 2019
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National Women and Youth Forum
Funafuti, Tuvalu
9–13 December 2019
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International Day of Education
24 January 2020
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