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Interview (Part Two) with Eleanor Jackson – IWDA Program Manager – Papua New Guinea
Monday, May 24th, 2010
Last week IWDA volunteer, Iona Roy, spoke with IWDA’s Program Manager for Papua New Guinea, Eleanor Jackson, to find out why development work is important to her. Below is part two of her interview.
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Meet Eleanor Jackson, IWDA Program Manager – Papua New Guinea
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Eleanor Jackson is IWDA’s Overseas Program Manager for Papua New Guinea and is currently working on five projects alongside our partners:
Freedom from family and sexual violence, Eastern Highlands Family Voice;
Women, communities and
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Three steps forward, two steps back – but still walking onwards
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Three steps forward, two steps back – but still walking onwards
IWDA supports the face of courage: Kup Women for Peace
Pacific Programs Manager (PNG), Eleanor Jackson writes about the Kup Women for Peace and their work.
“The Papua New Guinea of today is a country of great change and promise. Yet, as PNG’s Big Men make deals on their Blackberrys, and yesterday’s copra plantation workers train to be tomorrow’s heavy machine operators, the vast majority of Papua New Guinean women still find themselves not only responsible for primary food production, the provision of water and fuel, and the delivery of child and familial care, but also subject to widespread physical, sexual and emotional violence.
Against this backdrop, Mary Kini, Agnes Sil and Angela Apa of Kup Women for Peace (KWP) stand as passionate activists and development workers in PNG committed to bringing safety and security to their communities…”
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Carteret Islanders Hold a Climate Change Action Day
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Carteret Islanders Hold a Climate Change Action Day
On the eve of the climate change talks in Copenhagen, the small community of the Carteret Islands[i] held a candlelight vigil with the theme Give us a Chance to Survive – Sign Now! In doing so, they joined their brothers and sisters from across the world in a global movement committed to furthering a global solution to the climate crisis.
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PNG Men Asked to Help Against Domestic Violence
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
PNG Men Asked to Help Against Domestic Violence
Naomi Yupae, Executive Director of IWDA partner organisation Eastern Highlands Family Voice, spoke on Radio Australia about enlisting men to help them prevent violence against women in Papua New Guinea.
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Day Fourteen
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Following the Asia Pacific Breakthrough Summit held in Melbourne 2-3rd December 2009, Naomi Yupae of Eastern Highlands Family Voice (EHFV) spoke to IWDA about an experience of personal activism in her community. We took the opportunity to record one of her stories.
Naomi is the Executive Director of EHFV which provides paralegal advice and training, community mediation and conflict resolution support, awareness and advocacy programs, and direct counselling services to communities in the Eastern Highlands of PNG.
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News from Eastern Highlands Family Voice
Friday, July 24th, 2009
‘I was up in Goroka in Papua New Guinea last month (June), working with the wonderful Naomi Yupae and others to look at where Eastern Highlands Family Voice wants to head in the next few years. The organisation is doing great work to address violence, justice issues and resolve conflict – you can read more about it in their latest newsletter’. Deb Chapman, Gender Adviser, Melanesia
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The Carteret Islanders: Climate change impacting our neighbours
Friday, June 26th, 2009
The Carteret Islands are islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Their population is one of the first to be impacted by rising sea levels caused by global warming.
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