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Papua New Guinea (Bougainville)

Papua New Guinea has a population estimated at 6.7 million (UN, 2009) with an area of 462,840 sq km (178,704 sq miles). The capital is Port Moresby. The main languages are English, Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu.

  • Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) ratified The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on January 12, 1995
  • Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) does not have a National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325)
  • Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) does not have a UN peacekeeping mandate

Sources:BBC; Amnesty International; UNIFEM

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  • February 8, 2013 (UN News Centre)
    PAPUA NEW GUINEA: UN Urges Papua New Guinea to Take Action after Woman Burned Alive for Witchcraft The United Nations human rights office today urged the Government of Papua New Guinea to take concrete action following reports that a 20-year-old woman accused of sorcery was burnt alive in front of a crowd, noting that this is the latest in a “growing pattern” of such attacks.
  • February 7, 2013 (BBC )
    PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea A woman has been tortured and burned alive in Papua New Guinea after being accused of using sorcery to kill a young boy, local media report.
  • September 3, 2012 (IPS News)
    OCEANIA: Pacific Nations Women Promised a Better Deal Leaders of 15 Pacific Island nations have pledged to remove barriers to women's economic empowerment, end violence against women and pave the way for their increased political representation, at the conclusion of the 43rd Pacific Islands Forum in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, last week. The meeting was also attended by the Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet.
  • September 3, 2012 (IPS)
    PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Gun Violence a Growing Concern in Papua New Guinea In Papua New Guinea, the largest island nation in Melanesia in the southwest Pacific, where more than 60 percent of major crimes involve guns, a burgeoning illegal arms trade is associated with lack of employment growth and low human security, with vulnerable communities suffering the consequences.
  • July 2, 2012 (World News Australia)
    PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Fears PNG will have no Female MPs Papua New Guinea enters its second week of elections, but with the only female MP in PNG retiring, there are fears no woman will be elected in her place.

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