Abstract:
Under direction of the Foreign Minister, the Human Rights Subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Standing Committee launched an inquiry into the human rights issues confronting women and girls in the Indian Ocean-Asia Pacific region. Given the wide scope of the terms of reference for the inquiry, our submission focused on addressing the family and sexual violence epidemic in Papua New Guinea. The committee’s report was tabled in December 2015.
Suggested citation:
Betteridge, A. & Lokuge, K. 2014, Combatting the family and sexual violence epidemic in Papua New Guinea: A submission to the Joint Standing Committee inquiry into the human rights issues confronting women and girls in the Indian Ocean-Asia Pacific region, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra.