To celebrate International Women’s Day in 2021, the Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) at The Australian National University will launch a series of short films from the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Family Protection Order (FPO) Research Project. After the films have been shown, guests are invited to meet the Canberra-based researchers and partners over refreshments in the foyer.
The pilot study was conducted primarily from March to August 2018 in the urban centre of Lae in Papua New Guinea (PNG), with the support and advice of members of the Morobe Family and Sexual Violen
Law and order issues feature prominently in public debate in Papua New Guinea. Concerns centre around criminal violence and the limited effectiveness of state controls.
This report covers the research undertaken in the Papua New Guinea highlands as part of the much larger
project, Do No Harm: Understanding the Relationship between Women’s Economic Empowerment and
