Tag: Gender violence
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...
PNG media council calls for ‘silence’ on domestic violence to be...
The Family, Sexual, Violence Actions office in Port Moresby has condemned news of women being violently abused in Papua New Guinea with manager Ruth...
PNG journalist death sparks anger over violence against women
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop sought a court order to stop the burial of a journalist until...
Indonesian women march for equal rights and protection
The women's march in Jakarta. Video: UNANews
By Katharina R. Lestari in Jakarta
More than 1000 Indonesian women took to the streets of Jakarta this week...
‘Dangerous’ – ni-Vanuatu band DropVkal track highlights climate
The track 'Dangerous' ... a video clip about climate change highlights second anniversary of Tropical Cyclone Pam next week. Video: DropVkal Family
DropVkal Family, a...
Women victims tell chief judge of Marcos-era martial law torture
By Patty Pasion in Manila
Victims of horrifying acts of torture during Martial Law in the Philippines have recounted their painful experiences before Chief Justice...