Family and sexual violence workship held in Bougainville

Family and sexual violence networking partners held a one day workshop  to gain an understanding of gender and the relationship to Family and sexual violence.
The workshop which is facilitated and funded by the Papua New Guinea-Australia Law and Justice Partnership was attended by representatives from the police, community development, courts. Village courts, district courts, Leitana, CIS, Education, Family Support Centre, Nazareth and the Bougainville Women’s Federation.
The aim of the workshop was to build upon and improve the proactive and reactive Family and sexual violence services in the Northern region of Bougainville.
From the workshop, the participants were able to gain an understanding of the National Strategies including Gender Equity and social inclusion, minimum standards and reporting.
They were also able to discuss the referrals pathway and the form of agreement of how this applies in the Northern region.
A committee was formed as a result of this workshop and according to participant senior constable Joyce Tseraha, this body will be responsible to report to the ABG so the government will be aware of what the networking partners are doing on the ground to address the issue of family and sexual violence in Bougainville. Dawn FM