Spotlight on gender-based violence in PNG

Violence against women is a wicked policy problem that plagues governments across the world. Papua New Guinea is no exception, indeed it has some of the highest rates of violence against women in the world.

Domestic violence programs are failing women

However well-intentioned, violence prevention efforts are often entirely ineffective, failing to protect the victims they are designed to help.

Unbottling the drivers of family violence 

The pernicious effect of alcohol often looms large in situations of family violence, so much so that it can overshadow the presence of other contributing factors.