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Thank you, good overview. I understand an additional cost, often not mentioned, was the sexual assault of a number of women

Thank you Very Much Kate.

Mr. Mako your article clearly describes the events that happened on 10th January 2024, very insightful. Thank you for sharing it.

Excellent and very useful research, Minetta. I hope you will continue to work in this area in the years to come!

Should be pretty soon. Watch out for an announcement on country quotas which is the key next step.

Thank you very much David Tierney for your comment.

Hi Mr Esop Thank you for your comment. Yes, I do agree with you on that. Since this study was done to fulfill a requirement of the Bachelor of Arts with Honours Degree Program at UPNG, there was a word count for the sub-thesis submission. Hence I only managed to analyse 152 IPV cases maintained by the FSVUs in POM out of 2000+ cases. I am also planning on conducting future research around what you have suggested with my colleagues at the university. Thanks again.

Hi Kingtau, thanks for sharing these links. Data reveals a very sad reality for PNG. However it's good to see that currently there is a nationwide conversation around this issue on the possible ways to address it. Similarly it's very encouraging to see that our government is also involved in trying to address this issue. With the recent establishment of a new Permanent Committee of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment by the parliament, we should see some form of improvement in PNG in the near future.

This is a great baseline study highlighting one of the impediments of PNG's development. Perhaps more in-depth studies including longitudinal research with larger sample size involving both partners and the wider community is required to further understand the potential linkages between the antecedents, mediating/moderating variables and consequences of IPV. Well done Minetta!

Well done Minetta

Hello Ian and Stephen. With reference to the histogram, is that Ware or Angel Falls between Pakistan and PNG. And for that matter Vanuatu, Solomon Is. and PNG. In practical terms it may as well be Angel Falls. The graphic should grab the attention of aid planners. PNG is the population behemoth in the Pacific region and the graphic indicates UHC is around thirty percent. If the true extent of the UHC definition were applied, real coverage would probably be less than twenty percent. The mounting frustration of people all over PNG at the lack of opportunity and failure of successive governments to deliver even the most basic services is building like a tsunami. The recent riots in Port Moresby and Lae were symptomatic of a lack of UHC and other problems as well. Surely, this in the largest recipient of Australian aid should tell us something. For almost fifty years Australian assistance has focussed on “strengthening and capacity building” the systems. A system that has failed its customers most noticeably from district level down. Why? A reflection generally prompts a response about a lack of funds for infrastructure assets, transport and human resources - all true. But if by some magic these deficiencies evaporated today, I have a feeling little would change. Because the “system” was and remains culturally inappropriate at the community interface. It has always struck me how vociferous rural communities get when the topic of basic services is raised. Not just about the absence of health or education but from their perspective, how inappropriate the public servants are. To paraphrase their message, “don’t send someone we don’t know or trust to do things on our land, to our children, our mothers, our babies. Give our young people the training we need to do these things for ourselves.” This message has one thing in common with UHC: the U part. So, in light of the riots and chaos that should act as a warning and a UHC statistic that flags an ongoing and unnecessary tragedy on Australia’s doorstep, can we step back from the “same ol same ol”, listen to what eighty five percent of PNG’s population tell us (which unsurprisingly is different from what you hear in Waigani) and focus more attention on that.

Will the kina be stronger once more if we start growing agriculture? My opinion is yes, because most of our revenue is spent on imports and we're exporting less. Especially food.