Spousal violence against women is a global scourge, and is particularly prevalent in PNG. Efforts to reduce rates of violence commonly focus on female economic empowerment, often ignoring entrenched gender norms which demand male partners be the primary breadwinners of the household. This presentation will feature research showing women in PNG who break gender norms by out-earning their male partner experience significantly higher rates of violence.

Speaker:
Alex Smith, post-graduate student at the Crawford School of Public Policy, undertaking a Master of International and Development Economics. He has worked on a range of Pacific economic issues including debt sustainability, labour mobility and poverty.

The ANU-UPNG seminar series is part of the partnership between the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy and the UPNG School of Business and Public Policy, supported by the PNG-Aus Partnership.

This seminar is free and open to the public. Registration is required to attend the seminar. You can attend at Brindabella Theatre (Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU), at the MBA Suite (SBPP building, UPNG), or online via Zoom.