Workshop discusses how to apply gender policy

THE Department of Personnel Management (DPM) has held a workshop in Lae, Morobe, on the national public service gender equity and social inclusion policy (Gesi).
DPM’s Emmanuel Ginis said the workshop gauged views on how the policy could be mainstreamed into the public service daily activities.
Staff from Angau Memorial Hospital and Morobe government attended the workshop.
Gesi is a workplace policy to address employment, women and decision making, gender-based violence, education and training, HIV/AIDS, health and wellbeing and economic empowerment.
“This is meant for all public services organisations to address those issues and work towards ensuring the equal and fair representation in our practices to give opportunities to both genders, people living with disabilities and the marginalised people,” Ginis said.
“The serving and involvement of these people during service delivery and decision makings are areas of focus in the workshop.”
He said the policy encouraged public service organisations to increase the number of women in employment by 15 per cent and women going into decision-making roles.
Ginis said statistics showed that there were more men than women in the public service and these disparities was attributed to our culture, educational opportunities and how we see women in our societies.
He said sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination in the workplace were issues that the policy would address.
He said the main idea was to have a safe working environment for everyone.