by Elyok Products | Mar 25, 2015 | Community Projects Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Women's Empowerment
Creating opportunities for women through new weaving collective ELYOK Products is a women’s collective of traditional artisans crafting bilum (the unique woven bags indigenous to PNG). Due to segregations caused by topography and culture, the artisans...
by YU YET Center | Mar 25, 2015 | Community Projects Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Women's Empowerment
Facilitating empowerment and healing for young people through creative arts and yoga YU YET Center is Allan Mogerema’s holistic approach to community engagement and healing for youth, using traditional and contemporary art, yoga, dance, music, and theater in the...
by Melanesian Institute of Arts & Communication (MIAC) at the University of Papua New Guinea | Mar 25, 2015 | Community Projects Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Women's Empowerment
Inspiring youth and paying tribute to female graduates through interactive installations Students of the Melanesian Institute of Arts & Communication (MIAC) at the University of Papua New Guinea developed interactive installations that combine functional sculpture...
by Youth Adolescent Health (YAH) Club | Mar 25, 2015 | Community Projects Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Women's Empowerment
Advocating for youth empowerment with a confidence-building booth Youth Adolescent Health (YAH) Club is a group of young people advocating for health and social issues affecting teens and young adults in PNG. The Confidence-Builder Outfit Booth (C-BOB) invites young...
by Kendal Henry | Mar 18, 2015 | Blog Papua New Guinea, Kendal Henry, Papua New Guinea
The first workshop at the YWCA was with young members of the Youth Adolescent Health (YAH) Club and Youth Against Corruption Association (YACA). Both groups formed their own governing bodies through a democratic process and are very active in discussing concerns...
by Kendal Henry | Mar 17, 2015 | Blog Papua New Guinea, Kendal Henry, Papua New Guinea
“I divorced my husband because he was married to other women,” proclaimed a woman in a matter-of-fact way in what was the very last workshop of the very last day of the PNG Women’s Forum. That statement was both a declaration of her independence and confirmation that...
