World Bank2014-01-072014-01-072012-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16513Papua New Guinea (PNG) became independent in 1976 as a constitutional parliamentary democracy. The country has four regions (Highlands, Islands, Momase and Southern) and 21 provinces including the autonomous region of Bougainville and two new provinces recently created in the southern and western parts of the highlands region. Another province-level division is the National Capital District, which comprises the capital city, Port Moresby. Each province is divided into electorates that vote for members of parliament as well as for a provincial member of parliament, who serves as the governor of the province. The country has a population of just over seven million, with an estimated population growth rate of 2.8 percent. Nearly half of PNG's population is under the age of 20 and the number of young people is expected to double in the next 20 years. Youth unemployment is high and rising, with only one in ten school graduates finding jobs in the private sector. With many young people leaving their villages in search of jobs in the towns and cities, there is a shortage of employment opportunities, which has contributed to the expansion of (mainly male) urban youth gangs, exacerbating problems of law and order.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABUSED WOMENACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO EMPLOYMENTACCESS TO HEALTHACCESS TO HEALTH CAREACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICESACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESACCESS TO JUSTICEACCESS TO PROTECTIONACCESS TO RESOURCESACCESS TO SERVICESADOLESCENT BOYSADULT MENADULT WOMENADVANCING GENDER EQUALITYANTENATAL CAREARMED FORCESBARRIERS TO WOMENBASIC EDUCATIONBIRTH ORDERCITIZENSCOMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATIONCOMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDRENCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY HEALTHCONFLICT RESOLUTIONCOUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENTCOUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENTSCUSTOMCUSTOMARY LAWCUSTOMARY PRACTICECUSTOMARY PRACTICESDEGRADING TREATMENTDEVELOPMENT PLANNINGDEVELOPMENT PLANSDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENDOMESTIC VIOLENCEECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC RESOURCESEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPOWERMENT OF WOMENEPIDEMICEQUAL ACCESSEQUAL OPPORTUNITIESEQUAL OPPORTUNITYEQUAL RIGHTSEQUAL TREATMENTFAMILY HEALTHFAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONALFAMILY LAWFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY PROTECTIONFAMILY VIOLENCEFEMALE ENTREPRENEURSFEMALE FARMERSFEMALE TRAFFICKINGFEMALE VICTIMSFORCED MARRIAGEFORCED MARRIAGESFORM OF VIOLENCEFORMS OF DISCRIMINATIONFORMS OF GENDERFORMS OF INEQUALITYGENDERGENDER ANALYSISGENDER ASPECTSGENDER BARRIERSGENDER BUDGETGENDER BUDGETINGGENDER CONCERNSGENDER CONSIDERATIONSGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DIMENSIONSGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EQUALITY GOALSGENDER EQUITYGENDER GAPGENDER GAP IN EDUCATIONGENDER INEQUALITIESGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER ISSUESGENDER NORMSGENDER POLICYGENDER RELATIONSGENDER ROLESGENDER SENSITIVEGENDER SENSITIVE DATAGIRLSGLOBAL CAMPAIGNGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS ENROLMENT RATIOHEALTH SECTORHIVHIV INFECTIONHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSHUMAN RIGHTSHUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONILLITERACYINFORMAL SECTORINFORMATION SYSTEMINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERNATIONAL WOMENLABOUR FORCELABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOUR MARKETLINKAGES BETWEEN GENDER EQUALITYLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMARRIAGESMARRIED MENMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL MORTALITYMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMODERNIZATIONNATIONAL AIDSNATIONAL COUNCILNATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMENNATIONAL GOALSNATIONAL GOVERNMENTNATIONAL INITIATIVESNATIONAL POLICYNATIONAL POLICY ON WOMENNATURAL GASPARTICIPATION IN DECISIONPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPEACEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY FOR WOMENPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLYGAMYPOPULATION ACTIVITIESPOPULATION DENSITYPRACTICE OF POLYGAMYPREGNANCYPREVENTION OF GENDERPRIMARY HEALTH SERVICESPRIMARY SCHOOLPRINCIPLES OF GENDER EQUALITYPRODUCTIVITYPROGRESSPROGRESS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITYPROSTITUTIONPUBLIC AWARENESSQUALITY OF LIFEQUALITY OF SERVICESRAPEREGIONAL POLICYREPRESENTATION OF WOMENREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CAREROLE OF WOMENRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL WOMENSCHOOL ATTENDANCESECONDARY SCHOOLSEXSEXESSEXUAL ABUSESEXUAL ASSAULTSEXUAL OFFENCESSEXUAL RELATIONSSEXUAL RISKSEXUAL SERVICESSEXUAL VIOLENCESEXUALITYSHELTERSOCIAL JUSTICESTATUS OF WOMENSUBORDINATION OF WOMENSUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRADITIONAL GENDER ROLESTYPES OF VIOLENCEUNDPUNFPAUNICEFUNIFEMUNITED NATIONSUNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMENUNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEUNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTUNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATIONUSAIDVIOLENCEVIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDRENVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONWIDOWSWOMANWOMEN CANDIDATESWOMEN FARMERSWOMEN IN AGRICULTUREWOMEN IN BUSINESSWOMEN WITH DISABILITIESWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG WOMENWorld Bank10.1596/16513