Port Moresby: A Safe City for Women and Girls
A NCDC- UN Women Initiative
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Pacific Futures, Building Our Communities
2014 Pacific Local Government Forum
Presentation by: Alethia Jimenez
Safe Cities Programme Team Leader
In partnership with:
Supported by:
Aim: create safe, clean, and
inclusive markets for women and
men to feel free and empowered.
Why markets?
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Agriculture - key income stream for 86% of the
population
55% of women reported experiencing some form of
violence in the previous 12 months while at the
market.
22% females report experiencing more than one
incident of SV in the market.
64% of females and males reported witnessing
some form of SV in the market.
SV was not the only problem, extortion, theft,
ethnic clashes and other forms of violence.
Local population from going to markets and
virtually no tourism in some markets due to safety
concerns
Health and sanitation concerns, lack of
maintenance and planning
Markets are social spaces and provide an
opportunity to build and strengthen communities
Designed based on facts and needs identified by
market communities
What is Safe Cities all about?
Governance
Women’s
participation
Education
Management
Access to
services- health,
water and
sanitation
Social
cohesion
Safety
Economic
Opportunities
Transparency
&
Accountability
The Results
Local dialogues
between vendors
and government
Mobilization of
grassroots
groups
Consultations & data
collection- understand
needs, design, and
build ownership
Informed
strategies that
address issues
reported by
market users
Institutionalization of
processes and
programme & Global
forums
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