Taviri: Businesses can make a difference
LOCAL businesses can make a difference to address gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea.
Chairperson of the Business Coalition for Women, Lesieli Taviri, said this yesterday at a breakfast meeting at Crowne Plaza in Port Moresby, hosted by the Papua New Guinea Coalition for Change.
The cost of gender-based violence to businesses is yet to be quantified in Papua New Guinea, according to Mrs Taviri.
Global research indicates that almost two-thirds of women affected by violence at home are employed in the formal economy and that violence directly impacts their performance and their potential at work.
Consequently, in a bid to address the impact of gender-based violence on Papua New Guinea businesses, the Business Coalition for Women yesterday circulated a model policy on ‘family and sexual violence’ which sets out workplace strategies to address it.
"The model policy was developed through an intensive process led by a partnership of Pacific Adventist University, who are with us today, and an expert team from the University of New South Wales," she said.
She said the coalition ensured that the proposal was well grounded in the Papua New Guinean context through discussions with selected focus groups representing employers and employees.
"A policy was then drafted and the human resource managers, including safety officers and general managers from the Business Coalition of Women membership, sat in this room few weeks ago and went through the draft clause by clause.
"The result of that worthy cause is the policy that you see before you today," Mrs Taviri said.
She said the coalition in the next few weeks will release information guidelines on the model policy. PNG Today/Post Courier
Chairperson of the Business Coalition for Women, Lesieli Taviri, said this yesterday at a breakfast meeting at Crowne Plaza in Port Moresby, hosted by the Papua New Guinea Coalition for Change.
Global research indicates that almost two-thirds of women affected by violence at home are employed in the formal economy and that violence directly impacts their performance and their potential at work.
Consequently, in a bid to address the impact of gender-based violence on Papua New Guinea businesses, the Business Coalition for Women yesterday circulated a model policy on ‘family and sexual violence’ which sets out workplace strategies to address it.
"The model policy was developed through an intensive process led by a partnership of Pacific Adventist University, who are with us today, and an expert team from the University of New South Wales," she said.
She said the coalition ensured that the proposal was well grounded in the Papua New Guinean context through discussions with selected focus groups representing employers and employees.
"A policy was then drafted and the human resource managers, including safety officers and general managers from the Business Coalition of Women membership, sat in this room few weeks ago and went through the draft clause by clause.
"The result of that worthy cause is the policy that you see before you today," Mrs Taviri said.
She said the coalition in the next few weeks will release information guidelines on the model policy. PNG Today/Post Courier
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