David Rupa

The campaign was launched in October 2016 by the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC).

This initiative is to empower mostly young persons living with disabilities (PLWD).

The campaign not only includes those who are physically disable but also captures those living with mental health.

The purpose is to identify those young people living in commonwealth countries who are living with disabilities but are successful.

The annual summit brings together the most valuable young talent from global and national companies, NGOs, universities and other forward-thinking organisations.

David Rupa, a Young Men of Honour award recipient, will be at the summit from 4 – 7 October, to talk about peace in PNG.

Rupa’s presentation will be based on facts and findings which highlight PNG as the worst place in the world for gender-based violence, where 70 percent of our children suffer from physical abuse, 50 percent face family violence and two thirds of women suffer domestic violence every day.

David Rupa stressed this point during the young women’s forum on Thursday at Crowne Plaza, hosted by the YWCA.

Rupa is an advocate who began his path with YWCA’s youth and adolescence health.

He has been advocating for women since.

In a brief speech, Rupa shared his experience as a bully victim, and going on to become a widely recognised advocate and a recipient of Digicel PNG Foundation’s Global Young Men of Honour.

Rupa firmly focused on inter-conversation when dealing with women’s rights.