Listen: ‘How do you address gender based violence in the Pacific?’
Konnie Yoifa recently spoke with the Good Will Hunters podcast about the work that Femili PNG does and issues with addressing gender-based violence in the Pacific.
FSV increase due to social distancing
For those, especially women and children who have been experiencing family and sexual violence (FSV), is it safe for them to be in a ‘’lockdown’’ situation at home with their abuser?
Femili PNG supports further research on family protection orders
Femili PNG is pleased to support a second phase of research into Family Protection Orders in PNG conducted by the Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) at the Australian National University and supported by the Australian Government … Read more
Family protection order research presented at the 2019 PNG Update
On 8 August, Lindy Kanan, Senior Research Officer at the ANU Department of Pacific Affairs, and Mr Pious Tapil, Senior Provincial Magistrate Morobe Province, presented the results of a pilot study in Family Protection orders … Read more
Family Protection Orders in PNG – a pilot study in Lae
Last week, the full research report on Family Protection Orders in Lae was released by the Department of Pacific Affairs at ANU. We congratulate researchers Judy Putt, Theresa Phillips, Davida Thomas and Lindy Kanan on … Read more
Protection order efficiency improving in Lae
A new report from Femili PNG and the Australian National University shows that the issuing of protection orders by the Lae District Court is becoming more efficient.
ANU and DVCS team from Canberra visit Lae
From 5 to 9 March 2018, in partnership with the Morobe FSVAC, we hosted a visit from Dr Judy Putt (ANU) and Mrs Eve Ball from the Domestic Violence Crisis Service in Canberra.
Femili PNG: The first two years of data
A report covering our first two years of data is now available. The report highlights the urgent need for levels of violence in PNG to be addressed.
Survey shows domestic violence services getting through, but with delays
Femili PNG has conducted its first client satisfaction survey. The survey, conducted in 2016-17 of 39 randomly-selected clients, found that most clients receive three or four services from Femili PNG.
Audio: Dr Kamalini Lokuge at the Ending Violence against Women: Australia and the Region seminar
Listen to Dr Lokuge discuss the limited quantitative evidence available with regard to response services for survivors of family and sexual violence and the importance of demonstrating that an FSV response program is reducing the risk of violence. She explains how Femili PNG invested in the development of a comprehensive quantitative monitoring system at the program design stage.
