The figure of the “good man” or “real man” is a common trope in Papua New Guinean and international campaigns to address HIV and AIDS, and violence against women. This figure is imagined as a perfect role model who is compliant with the directives of prevention slogans: a wearer of condoms, a faithful partner, non-violent and in control of everything from anger to sexual appetite, to alcohol consumption.
Jeannette Gurung, Kalpana Giri, Abidah Setyowati and Elizabeth Lebow, ‘Getting REDD+ Right for Women: An Analysis of the Barriers and Opportunities for Women’s Participation in the REDD+ Sector in
Amanda Bradley, Abidah Setyowati, Jeannette Gurung, Donal Yeang, Channa Net, Samnang Khiev and Julien Brewster, ‘Gender and REDD+: An Assessment in the Oddar Meanchey Community Forestry REDD+Site,
Jeanette Gurung and Abidah Billah Setyowati, ‘Re-envisioning REDD+: Gender, Forest Governance and REDD+ in Asia’, Policy Brief #4, Washington, DC: Rights and Resources Institute, 2012, pp.
Ever since its introduction to the Papua New Guinea Highlands
during the colonial period, coffee has been seen as
‘men’s business’ (see Eves and Titus 2017). This In Brief examines
Coffee is one of the most important cash crops in Papua
New Guinea and is the mainstay of the economies of several
Highlands provinces, with an estimated almost three million
