Partnership focuses on girls, women

THE ground-breaking secondary schools partnership between Papua New Guinea and Australia is investing more in women’s and girls’ leadership and innovation as it enters its second year.
A total of 150 PNG participants, representing 12 provinces, are taking part in the first phase of the PNG-Australia partnership secondary schools initiative 2020 programme in Port Moresby this week.
Participants include 84 students, teachers and female school leaders from 12 high-performing PNG secondary schools, as well as female provincial education officers and provincial education advisers.
Over half of the participants are female.
At a welcome reception on last Wednesday, Australian High Commissioner to PNG Bruce Davis highlighted the group’s diversity and said female leadership would be in focus this year.
“Women in leadership and girls’ and women’s empowerment are priorities for the Australian government here in PNG and around the world,” he said.
“So it’s fantastic to see the PNG-Australia partnership secondary schools investing even more strongly in its female participants in its second year.”