Papua New Guinea : Country Gender Assessment, 2011-2012

Papua New Guinea (PNG) became independent in 1976 as a constitutional parliamentary democracy. The country has four regions (Highlands, Islands, Momase and Southern) and 21 provinces including the autonomous region of Bougainville and two new provi...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Country Gender Assessment (CGA)
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABUSED WOMEN ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO HEALTH ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO PROTECTION ACCESS TO RESOURCES ACCESS TO SERVICES ADOLESCENT BOYS ADULT MEN ADULT WOMEN ADVANCING GENDER EQUALITY ANTENATAL CARE ARMED FORCES BARRIERS TO WOMEN BASIC EDUCATION BIRTH ORDER CITIZENS COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH CONFLICT RESOLUTION COUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENT COUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENTS CUSTOM CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY PRACTICE CUSTOMARY PRACTICES DEGRADING TREATMENT DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT PLANS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESOURCES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EPIDEMIC EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUAL RIGHTS EQUAL TREATMENT FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL FAMILY LAW FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PROTECTION FAMILY VIOLENCE FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE FARMERS FEMALE TRAFFICKING FEMALE VICTIMS FORCED MARRIAGE FORCED MARRIAGES FORM OF VIOLENCE FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FORMS OF GENDER FORMS OF INEQUALITY GENDER GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER ASPECTS GENDER BARRIERS GENDER BUDGET GENDER BUDGETING GENDER CONCERNS GENDER CONSIDERATIONS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY GOALS GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GENDER NORMS GENDER POLICY GENDER RELATIONS GENDER ROLES GENDER SENSITIVE GENDER SENSITIVE DATA GIRLS GLOBAL CAMPAIGN GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO HEALTH SECTOR HIV HIV INFECTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ILLITERACY INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMATION SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL WOMEN LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOUR MARKET LINKAGES BETWEEN GENDER EQUALITY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARRIAGES MARRIED MEN MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MODERNIZATION NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN NATIONAL GOALS NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL INITIATIVES NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL POLICY ON WOMEN NATURAL GAS PARTICIPATION IN DECISION PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PEACE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY FOR WOMEN POLICY FRAMEWORK POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLYGAMY POPULATION ACTIVITIES POPULATION DENSITY PRACTICE OF POLYGAMY PREGNANCY PREVENTION OF GENDER PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPLES OF GENDER EQUALITY PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROGRESS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY PROSTITUTION PUBLIC AWARENESS QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF SERVICES RAPE REGIONAL POLICY REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WOMEN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SEXES SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL OFFENCES SEXUAL RELATIONS SEXUAL RISK SEXUAL SERVICES SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEXUALITY SHELTER SOCIAL JUSTICE STATUS OF WOMEN SUBORDINATION OF WOMEN SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES TYPES OF VIOLENCE UNDP UNFPA UNICEF UNIFEM UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION USAID VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WIDOWS WOMAN WOMEN CANDIDATES WOMEN FARMERS WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE WOMEN IN BUSINESS WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17431121/papua-new-guinea-country-gender-assessment-period-2011-2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16513

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Summary:	Papua New Guinea (PNG) became independent in 1976 as a constitutional parliamentary democracy. The country has four regions (Highlands, Islands, Momase and Southern) and 21 provinces including the autonomous region of Bougainville and two new provinces recently created in the southern and western parts of the highlands region. Another province-level division is the National Capital District, which comprises the capital city, Port Moresby. Each province is divided into electorates that vote for members of parliament as well as for a provincial member of parliament, who serves as the governor of the province. The country has a population of just over seven million, with an estimated population growth rate of 2.8 percent. Nearly half of PNG's population is under the age of 20 and the number of young people is expected to double in the next 20 years. Youth unemployment is high and rising, with only one in ten school graduates finding jobs in the private sector. With many young people leaving their villages in search of jobs in the towns and cities, there is a shortage of employment opportunities, which has contributed to the expansion of (mainly male) urban youth gangs, exacerbating problems of law and order.

Papua New Guinea : Country Gender Assessment, 2011-2012

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