PAPUA NEW GUINEA | OCEANIA
National Gender Policy and Plan on HIV And AIDS
Type of Measure
Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence;
Child early and forced marriage;
Sexual harassment;
Sexual violence;
Violence against women and girls
Year
2006
Brief Description
One of the four main priorities of the National Gender Policy and Plan on HIV and AIDS (2006-2010) is gender-based violence (p. 39). The Gender Policy also links the spread of HIV/AIDS to gender-based violence.
Source of Information
National AIDS Council of Papua New Guinea; UN Women
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