Papua New Guinea is one of just four countries in the world without a single woman in parliament. But as the country heads back to the polls, dozens of female candidates are putting their hands up to ...

In this special Women in Politics series for the Australia-PNG Network, the Lowy Institute's Jessica Collins sits down with prominent women from Papua New Guinea to discuss the deep-seated challenge ...

THE brutal murder of a young woman who was burned alive after she was accused of sorcery has sparked outrage in PNG. Twenty-year-old Kepari Leniata was stripped naked, tortured with a hot iron rod, ...

Family and s-xual violence is a crisis facing the women and children of Papua New Guinea. Recent data shows that 50% of PNG’s women have been r-ped in their own homes and 68% of women have been ...

The Port Moresby woman was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend, Andy Paro Ms Gavera's death has sparked national outrage over violence against women in PNG The National Research Institute says PNG ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Sophie Mangai, a tall, wiry 60-year-old grandmother and battle-scarred women's rights advocate, leads a protest through downtown Wewak ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In the early evening on Friday, a woman arrived at hospital, bloody stumps instead of fingers on her right hand, her left hand all but ...

Last Tuesday, Papua New Guineans received a government phone alert that a new Australian-trained counterterrorist unit – the latest beneficiary of hundreds of millions of dollars in funding – was ...

I never set out to make a film. But, as many filmmakers seem to discover, the story found me. I have always been interested in the power of sport, and in 2014 I moved to Papua New Guinea to work in ...

Maria Tato has broken the record for most ducks (2) in WT20Is for SAM-W, going past Kolotita Nonu's 1 Brenda Tau has become the top scorer for PNG-W in WT20Is with 202 runs, going past Tanya Ruma's ...

She was reported by match officials after Thailand lost to Bangladesh in the semi-finals of the Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier Goswami finishes as fifth-ranked bowler in ODIs, Matthews rises to No. 1 ...