Awareness on GBV in college

THE Capital Insurance Group and Papua New Guinea Tribal Foundation (PNGTF) carried out an awareness on gender-based violence (GBV) at Port Moresby Business College recently.
The awareness was to support the community to provide a safe environment for women at home as they become meaningful members at work and in the society.
PNGTF coordinator Yanamlyn Yana said schools could play a critical role in promoting and educating children and youths and this prompted the collaboration with CIGPNG for the awareness in schools.
She said the main cause of GBV was a lack of good communication.
Yana said if one was angry, the best thing to do was to walk away from a volatile situation.
She said it was advisable not to argue with the other partner and not to accuse or verbally attack each other but to make an effort to listen.
Yana said to set up time to communicate, ask questions, communicate accurately, feelings, find common ground, tell the partner what they did well and what was good about them.
A first-year general business studies student Julia Kalogo said women needed to be educated about their rights and help they could seek to help avoid and decrease instances of GBV in the community and country.