Violence against children and women is a problem in many parts of Papua New Guinea. Parenting programs have shown promise in preventing violence and neglect of children, as well as improving child health and educational outcomes in high-income countries. However, there are very few parenting programs that are culturally appropriate, evidence-based and affordable for low and middle-income countries such as Papua New Guinea.
This research, exploring connections between women’s economic empowerment initiatives and increased violence against women in Solomon Islands, found that any equation between women’s economic empowerment and domestic violence is not always straightforward.
This research, exploring connections between women’s economic empowerment initiatives and increased violence against women in two provinces of Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, found that the economic advancement that many women are achieving rarely translates into actual empowerment, because they are rarely able to negotiate a decrease in domestic workloads when they bring income — often the only income — into the household.
This research, exploring connections between women’s economic empowerment initiatives and increased violence against women in two provinces of Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, found that the economic advancement that many women are achieving rarely translates into actual empowerment, because they are rarely able to negotiate a decrease in domestic workloads when they bring income — often the only income — into the household.
Highlights the urgent, unmet medical and emotional needs of survivors of family and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea and recommends concrete action in order to meet these needs.
The 2015 Cook Islands GSHS was a school-based survey of students in Years 8-13, which are typically attended by students aged 13-17. A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce data representative of all students in Years 8-13 in Cook Islands. At the first stage, all schools were selected to participate. At the second stage, all classes were selected to participate and all students were eligible to participate.
Version 01: Public-use file adapted from the Master file provided by World Health Organization (WHO).
The Global school-based student health survey (GSHS) is a collaborative surveillance project designed to help countries measure and assess the behavioural risk factors and protective factors in 10 key areas among young people aged 13 to 17 years. The GSHS is a relatively low-cost school-based survey which uses a self-administered questionnaire to obtain data on young people's health behaviour and protective factors related to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children and adults worldwide.
This first National Policy on Gender Equality affirms the Vanuatu Government’s commitment towards gender equality across all sectors and at all levels of society and the elimination of discrimination and violence against women and girls.
En 2001, l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, en collaboration avec l’UNICEF, l’UNESCO et l’ONUSIDA, ainsi qu’avec l’appui technique des CDC, a initié le développement de l’enquête mondiale réalisée en milieu scolaire sur la santé des élèves (GSHS).
Dès 2003, les Ministères de la Santé et de l'Education du monde entier, ont utilisé l'enquête GSHS pour surveiller la prévalence des comportements à risque pour la santé et les facteurs de protection les plus importants.
This study replicates the World Health Orgnization (WHO) multi-country study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women. The study was designed to:
The Global school-based student health survey (GSHS) is a collaborative surveillance project designed to help countries measure and assess the behavioural risk factors and protective factors in 10 key areas among young people aged 13 to 17 years. The GSHS is a relatively low-cost school-based survey which uses a self-administered questionnaire to obtain data on young people's health behaviour and protective factors related to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children and adults worldwide.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacts beyond people’s health that affect different aspects of day-to-day life. All people will be impacted in some way and must adapt to the pandemic, however men and women – or different groups of men and women – will not all be affected in the same ways. This is due to women and men play different roles and have different responsibilities in their homes and communities.
Women, mobile phones, and M16s: Contemporary New Guinea highlands warfare