Through the ‘In Brief’ section of the Devpolicy Blog and interviews, Ashlee has been covering the latest news and research on gender-based violence in PNG and the Pacific region.

Interview examples:

•  Voice and agency: Jeni Klugman on the World Bank’s gender empowerment report  (23 October 2014)
• PNG’s violence epidemic and the medical response: in conversation with MSF’s Paul Brockmann (2 April 2014)

Event summary:

• Gender-based violence in PNG: new approaches, new promise (8 June 2016)

‘In Brief’ examples:

• “Bashed Up” – new HRW report on family violence in PNG (12 November 2015)
• Perceptions of economic dependency can impede justice for women: report (27 July 2015)
• Violence in South Pacific has intergenerational impact: UNICEF report (21 May 2015)
• Timor-Leste gender assessment: some good news, some bad (1 December 2014)
• New UNICEF report shows high levels of violence against children (9 September 2014)
• PNG gender violence in the headlines (19 August 2014)
• New details from Oxfam on gender violence response in PNG (15 July 2014)
• Survey shows high rates of gender violence in Fiji (9 January 2014)
• New report shows shockwaves of PNG’s family violence epidemic (14 August 2013)