Tag: Gender violence

By Talebula Kate in Suva Fiji's new Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Lynda Tabuya, plans to use surveys and online platforms as an...

By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby The Post-Courier daily newspaper is one of 15 companies in Papua New Guinea that have pledged to fight against...

RNZ Pacific About 100 people have marched in the New Caledonian capital of Noumea to protest against what they see as government inaction to curb...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Mong Palatino In Papua New Guinea, some already disenfranchised women have to face an added burden of sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV). However,...

EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea's police commissioner, David Manning, addressing the International Women’s Day celebrations this week, let it be known that...

The National A Papua New Guinean primary school teacher has been arrested for allegedly torturing a woman with a hot knife in sorcery-related violence in...

RNZ News Afghan women are accusing the Taliban of using a pregnant New Zealand journalist as a publicity tool to show the world they can...

By Mark Talia in Port Moresby "Enough is enough," is the impassioned plea of the women, mothers and daughters of Papua New Guinea, says Mea...

By Rohit Deo in Lautoka, Fiji Made up of present and retired police officers, former school teachers, village headmen, community leaders and representatives from the...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Media Council of Papua New Guinea has condemned an attack by male students at the University of Papua New Guinea...

ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne There has been a lot of talk lately about the need for cultural change in Australia's Parliament...

ANALYSIS: By Sara Niner Xanana Gusmao’s recent contrived jovial participation in the birthday celebrations of "self-professed" paedophile and defrocked foreign priest Richard Daschbach has shocked many...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Sheldon Chanel in Suva Much of archipelagic Fiji was forced indoors by lockdowns and a nationwide curfew in March last year when...

By Zedaiah Kanau in Port Moresby A Papua New Guinean businessman who caused the death of his girlfriend by punching her, forcing her to jump...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea's police and courts must work closely with media for transparency to inform the public on the daily investigation...

By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby Key findings from the 2016 to 2018 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey reveals that 56 percent of...

The National editorial Hundreds walked the Sir John Guise drive on Thursday calling for justice for the brutal death of 19-year-old mother-of-two – Jenelyn Kennedy...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby A passionate plea by men, women and children has echoed around the Papua New Guinean capital of Port Moresby...

Athletes from the Papua New Guinea’s national team joined the peaceful "cry for justice" march in the nation's capital of Port Moresby. Video: EMTV...

OPEN LETTER: From Dame Meg Taylor to the people of Papua New Guinea I write this as a Papua New Guinean and a daughter of...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Bhosip Kaiwi, the man accused of murder in the Papua New Guinean torture case, will be held at the Correctional Services...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Young Papua New Guinean mother-of-two Jenelyn Kennedy died from “head injury and bruised internal organs”, according to a doctor...