Tag: Gender violence
‘It’s time men stand up for our women’ message at ‘turning...
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...
Many in black rally for Jenelyn and against PNG gender-based violence
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...
Dame Meg Taylor: We must act now over gender-based violence in...
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...
Kaiwi to undergo quarantine before moving into main Bomana prison
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...
Young PNG mother died of ‘blunt force’ head injuries, bruised organs
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...
Doctors, family, friends ‘failed’ Jenelyn in duty of care, says PNG...
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby
The care of duty supposed to be provided to the young Papua New Guinean mother Jenelyn Kennedy killed last...
Tragic death of Jenelyn Kennedy and media ethics aired on Southern...
Pacific Media Watch
Host Sherry Zhang interviewed the director of the Pacific Media Centre, Professor David Robie, about the tragic life and death of Jenelyn...
PNG women ‘as good as dead’ say protesters calling for tougher...
Pacific Media Watch
Protesters in Papua New Guinea and on social media have launched calls for tougher laws to protect women and girls from gender-based...
The harrowing picture that tells a thousand words about tragedy
This is part of the front page of Papua New Guinea's The National this weekend. Normally we would not publish such a harrowing image...
Tragic life and death of Jenelyn – babysitter tells of PNG...
By EMTV News
Jenelyn Kennedy eloped with her partner at a tender age of 15, bore him his first child at age of 16, and...
PNG judge condemns ‘brutality’ of rogue acts by disciplinary forces
Pacific Media Centre
Offences perpetrated by members of Papua New Guinea's disciplinary forces have become prevalent in the country during the coronavirus pandemic, says National...
The push to end violence against women in Asia-Pacific
Pacific Media Watch
Violence against women is at epidemic proportions in the Asia Pacific.
The region’s governments, if they are to find ways of preventing domestic...
Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting
By Pauline Mago-King
Seventeen women journalists from the Asia-Pacific region gathered in the Victorian capital of Melbourne this week to work on an empowerment strategy...
Fijian students design superheroes to challenge ‘Silence’ in comic contest
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Advocacy groups have called on children and young people to defeat the "ultimate supervillain" – silence – to help end violence...
Draft family law progressing but more action needed on violence
New Zealand steps up campaigns through supporting non-government organisations and groups to raise awareness and groups and help support victims of domestic violence. But,...
NZ must help Solomon Islands tackle unemployment ‘time bomb’, says Clark
By Jessica Marshall in Auckland
The Solomon Islands faces a “time bomb” with a youth unemployment rate of 82 percent and New Zealand needs to...
PNG facelifts for APEC but neglects gender-based violence
The Papua New Guinean government has been working tirelessly to clean up its capital city in preparation for APEC, instead of attending to serious...
Step up efforts to support Indonesian women’s rights plea to Jakarta
By Sheany in Jakarta
The National Commission on Violence Against Women, or Komnas Perempuan, has called on the government to do more to protect women's...
Indonesian protesters call for end to violence against women in Yogya
By Rizki Halim in Yogyakarta
Dozens of women held a rally at the Zero Kilometre point in Indonesia's Central Java city of Yogyakarta to commemorate...
RSF shines light on ‘forbidden coverage’ of women’s rights
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
To mark International Women’s Day tomorrow, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is publishing a report entitled “Women’s rights: Forbidden subject” which sheds...
‘Embalming’ hampers autopsy finding in death of PNG journalist
By Staycey Yalo in Port Moresby
The final autopsy report on Post-Courier journalist Rosalyn Albaniel Evara, handed to the Papua New Guinean Coroner’s Court last...
Scott Waide: Why sorcery superstition thrives in PNG where services are...
ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea
In the early hours of October 23, 2017, a woman in her late 40s was dragged...