Month: October 2015
Factive is proud to be working with the Business Coalition for Women in PNG and the International Finance Corporation, to explore ways to better secure the safety of women who work on remote worksites throughout PNG. Factive’s Director, Dr. Dean Laplonge, will work closely with the Coalition and other stakeholders in PNG on this project.
Gender and safety has long been a focus for Factive and particularly for Dean in his endeavours to promote awareness of how gender impacts on safety in resource industries. This latest project is an important piece of work. It responds directly to existing gender-based problems that make life especially difficult for professional women in PNG. It also signifies a growing recognition of the important link between gender-based safety and gender equity in the workplace.
We look forward to working closely with local businesses and professional women in PNG over the next few months. We hope to be able to produce some effective tools that will allow businesses in PNG to make a step change in improving safety for their female workers.
This project is funded by the World Bank. For some background information, listen to a recent interview with Avia Koisen and Dr. Linda Van Leeuwen as part of the PNG Gender Parity Symposium held in Australia in October.