Data from across the country shows that women and girls still face enormous challenges, including the high risk that they will be a victim of sexual or physical violence in their lifetimes, that they may die while trying to give birth and often cannot access necessary health services, and that they still have difficult accessing a proper education or finding a job that pays enough. This International Women's Day, Governor Parkop, Chair of the new Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (GEWE) reflected on the state of women's rights in PNG and said: 'I want to use my role as Chair to proactively oversee government officials and to push for more action by every single Government Department to improve the lives of our women and girls.

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