BPNG GESI Male Advocates Certified

Twelve (12) officers from the Bank of Papua New Guinea who are advocates of the Male Advocacy Network (MAN), a program under the Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) were accredited certificates as Male Advocates.

This means that they are certified to advocate on topics such as Gender Based Violence and Gender topics at their workplace, at home and their communities.

GESI (Whole of Government) Coordination and Mainstreaming Acting Manager, Ms. Amelia Raka said DPM as the custodian of the GESI (WoG) policy is happy to continue to partner with BPNG and other State Agencies to fully implement the GESI   Policy.

“We coordinate the Public Service Male Advocacy Network (PS MAN) and we will continue to roll it out to all agencies, something similar to us rolling the GESI Policy Implementation Planning sessions and the GESI Sensitization and Mainstreaming  sessions”, said Ms. Raka.

Ms. Raka said basically, the advocates of the Public Service MAN are equipped to effect change in the public service on cultural and religious norms and misperceptions about women, inequality and violence against women and other gender issues.

Meanwhile, among the 10 male officers who graduated were two women who were part of the training and advocacy group.

The PS man was established in 2013 and is made up of male public service officers who joined the network to advocate on Gender issues.