PNG Women in Leadership Support Program

Project leader(s)
The final locations for training workshops will be determined based, as much as possible, on demand, following assessment of applications. Anticipated workshop locations are:
- Port Moresby (National Capital District and Southern Region)
- Kavieng (New Guinea Islands Region)
- Three separate locations in the Highlands (Tari, Mt Hagen and Goroka)
- Wewak (East Sepik and Sandaun Provinces)
- Madang (Madang and Morobe Provinces)
- Buka (Bougainville)
Applying for the WLSP
If you wish to apply to participate in the program, please submit the online application available here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Module1Part1 . Alternatively you can lodge your application by calling our program support officers based in Port Moresby on +675 7664 5524 between 10am and 4pm Monday-Friday during the application period (excluding public holidays). Following completion of this first phase of the application process we will review your responses and may contact you for more information to complete the application process. Application Eligibility Criteria You must be a woman intending to contest PNG’s 2017 national general elections, the 2018 LLG elections and/or the 2022 national general elections to apply for this program. Application should only be completed by intending candidates and not family members or campaign managers. If you are selected to participate in this program, you must be able to commit to attending a three-day training workshop to be held in late January or early February 2017. Failure to attend the workshop in full will preclude further support. You will be advised of the workshop dates and locations as soon as possible. We anticipate that workshops will be held in Port Moresby, Kavieng, Tari, Mt Hagen, Goroka, Wewak, Madang and Buka, though workshop locations will be determined according to applicant demand.SSGM is the implementing partner for the PNG Women in Leadership Support Program. The program delivery team will be led by Associate Professor Nicole Haley, who will be supported by a team of SSGM researchers. A number Papua New Guinean researchers and facilitators based in PNG, including Patricia Kassman, Stephen Gari and David Lundape, will work with SSGM to deliver the program.
Kerryn Baker
Dr Kerryn Baker is a Fellow in the Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU. She has a BA(Hons) in International Relations from Victoria University of Wellington and a PhD in Political Science from the...
Nicole Haley
Professor Nicole Haley joined DPA in 2006 and was appointed Convenor of the Program in January 2010. Nicole originally came to ANU in 1994 and graduated with a PhD in Anthropology in May 2003. Her...
Hannah McMahon
Hannah joined the Department of Pacific Affairs in April 2015. She is responsible for managing program activities and, together with the department’s convenor and the Management Committee,...
Theresa Meki
Theresa Meki is a PhD Candidate with the Department of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs. Her research focuses on women’s presence and vote share in Papua New Guinea’s...
Thiago Oppermann
Thiago Oppermann joined DPA in 2013 as a Research Fellow. His principal research focuses on the interactions between villagers and the state in Bougainville. Core aspects of this program include...
Almah Tararia
Almah Tararia is a PhD scholar with DPA. She’s recently completed her 12-month field research in New Ireland returning to ANU to begin the next phase of writing/analysis of her material. Her...
Colin Wiltshire
Colin Wiltshire is a research fellow in the politics of service delivery at DPA. His research explores the political economy of budget and expenditure practices in PNG and its implications for...
Kerry Zubrinich
Dr Kerry Zubrinich is a researcher with the Department of Pacific Affairs. For the past 25 years her research has centred on aspects of social life in Melanesia with the peoples of Papua New...

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Hannah McMahon
Program Manager
State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
The Australian National University
T: +61-2-6125 8394
hannah.mcmahon@anu.edu.au
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