Violence against women is destroying communities in Papua New Guinea. Earlier this year, Australians were shocked to hear news of women being tortured and killed in PNG, accused of being sorcerers. Around International Women’s Day more than one million people engaged in our campaign to raise awareness of violence against women. This event is a chance to hear from UN Women’s Country Representative in PNG and to ask questions about what works, what doesn’t and how you can be part of the global response needed to end violence.

The discussion will follow the formal proceedings of the UN Women NC Australia Annual General Meeting. Supporters and guests are invited to attend.

Refreshsments will be included.

Please RSVP to UNWomen

Dr Jeffrey Buchanan is the Country Representative for UN Women PNG. In this role, Jeff is working to expand UN Women’s work to achieve UN Women’s mandate through programs that support women’s political and economic empowerment and aim to end violence against women. Dr Buchanan has more than 30 years experience working in development in France, Pakistan, the USA and Kuwait. For the last 18 years, he has been based in PNG.