On his first official visit to Lae in January 2016, new Australian High Commissioner to PNG Mr Bruce Davis visited the team at Femili PNG to learn more about their work supporting survivors of family … Read more
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, also known as White Ribbon Day (November 25 2015), staff from Femili PNG, along with partners from the Family Support Centre and … Read more
Parliaments in both Australia and Papua New Guinea are asking how to stop the violence that devastates families. Governments, companies and non-government organisations are asking this question. There are solutions we can all share.
In October 2015, Femili PNG made a detailed submission to the parliamentary inquiry into violence against women and children in Papua New Guinea. Femili PNG’s submission makes a number of important recommendations, based on its … Read more
Our CEO Daisy Plana was recently a guest speaker at the PNG US Embassy Women’s Forum. Speaking on a panel focused on innovative solutions to gendered based violence, Daisy explained the role and importance of … Read more
In early 2014, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Hon Julie Bishop MP, asked the human rights subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade to inquire into and report on the … Read more
Serena Sumanop is the Executive Director of The Voice Inc, a home-grown Papua New Guinean NGO working to empower young people to contribute to their communities and to development. Serena is also a member of the … Read more
Watch a video of Ume Wainetti’s public lecture at ANU’s Development Policy Centre in May, titled ‘Combatting family and sexual violence in PNG: What has been achieved and what is needed?’.
