The ‘National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence 2016-2025’ was endorsed by the National Executive Council on December 15 and will be launched in February 2017.
Secretary for Community Development, Anna Solomon, said the initial request for funding of the strategy is for K2.5 million to establish the Secretariat.
The strategy is a 10-year plan and the budget request for that period is about K112 million.
The strategy aims to strengthen the work on GBV in order to achieve zero-tolerance towards GBV by 2025 and as per PNG Vision 2050.