There is one more week to go to show your support for improving women’s political representation in PNG’s parliament. UNIFEM is currently calling for statements of support for the proposed
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On June 15 2010 Ursula Rakova, Executive Director of IWDA partner Tulele Peisa, spoke to Pearson Vetuna on Pacific Beat, Radio Australia, about a recent New Scientist report which claims that island
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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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“In my country, the men say “Yu meri tasol” (you’re only a woman).”
In the Pacific, many women struggle to have a say in the use of economic resources which have
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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

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…”

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.

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.