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Category - Gender and development
Alcohol, gender and violence in Bougainville
The Bougainville conflict had a deplorable impact on gender relations. Violence against women...
‘Outlawed and abused’: human rights abuses against sex workers...
A new report issued by Amnesty International last week paints a deeply troubling picture of the...
Are PNG’s family and sexual violence police units working?
When women in Papua New Guinea experience violence and try to access help, the police can often be...
What’s culture got to do with it? Causes of intimate partner...
In my two homes, Australia and the Solomon Islands, gender-based violence is an issue that has...
Return to Abuser: limited options for survivors of violence in...
Research Officer Ashlee Betteridge recently spoke to Abdul Wasay Mullahzada, outgoing Medical...
Serving Syrian families: an interview with Lama Mouakea
As the Syrian conflict reaches five years, much of the humanitarian world’s attention is focused on...
Will gender equality promises be kept? Accountability and the...
The 60th Commission on the Status of Women taking place this week will focus on the implementation...
Thinking local on International Women’s Day: supporting...
According to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), 76% of sexual violence victims in PNG know their...
The long journey: political acceptance of women
My journey started in 2008, when I sought the endorsement of community leaders in my home island of...