Violence against women stats outdated
By JOSHUA ARLO
THERE IS a real need for Papua New Guinea to update statistics on the issue of violence against women in the country and comprehensive data needs to be collected and compiled for the Government to use to combat this form of human rights abuse.
Line agency officer with gender and development section of the Community Development Department, Jenny Sliviak-Kidu said last Thursday what PNG needs is a central body that concentrates on collecting relevant data on the issue inside PNG and compiling it into statistics which can be used by appropriate government or non-government agencies to approach the issue.
She said when trying to give accurate statistics on the issue, it was difficult and most information gathered only come from welfare and or counselling center which do not represent the real figures in PNG.
Ms Kidu was speaking to The National about the difficulties she faced after she attended a two week course on violence against women in Malaysia recently.
The conference was held at the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) Institute for the Empowerment of Women (NIEW) Course on Violence against Women (VAW) in Malaysia. She was among 20 participants from other NAM member countries.
NAM is a movement of 118 member countries representing the interest of the south-south nations who are proactive in many issues; one is the elimination of VAW and gender equality issues in developing countries.
The conference organised by the Women’s Ministry of Malaysia’s particularly the NAM Institute for the Empowerment of Women is to create a new meaning to women’s issues as one of the equity and social transformation.
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