With over 80 per cent of Papua New Guinean businesses citing skills shortage as a key constraint to their growth, helping women join the workforce or open their own businesses could put an end to the problem. Richelle Tickle, Papua New Guinea Country Manager, Pacific Women Support Unit, shares with Business Advantage PNG the work that Pacific Women is doing in Papua New Guinea.
With the focus on major resources projects, Papua New Guinea is missing the opportunity to develop a thriving agri-tourism sector, Papua New Guinea Women in Agricultural Development Foundation (PNGWiADF) President, Maria Linibi tells Business Advantage PNG.
Top honour for businesswoman, former RAMSI Special Co-Ordinator in Solomon Islands dies
The wife of Prime Minister Peter O’Neil, Lynda May Babao, has been elected as the Patron of the newly-formed PNG Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard launched the Pacific Women in Business initiative during her visit to Papua New Guinea, which establishes a mentoring program to assist women to access management positions and tackle violence against women.