Improving responses to sexual violence against children in Papua New Guinea

该项目的目的是提高对巴布亚新几内亚儿童遭受性暴力的认识，提高社区对这一问题的认识，并在其他低收入、脆弱的环境中加以调整和采用。这是一个非常重要的项目，因为对儿童的性暴力是一个广泛和不断升级的社会问题，对所报告的事件作出反应的能力非常有限。该项目与两家专业服务机构密切合作，以试验和评估一种低成本的方法，预计将为儿童幸存者及其家庭提供长期支持，并减少进一步的受害和犯罪。在巴布亚新几内亚和更广泛的太平洋地区，潜在的好处是多方面和广泛的。

The project aims to result in improved knowledge and community acknowledgement of sexual violence against children in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and an approach that could be adapted and adopted in other low income, fragile contexts. It is a very significant project because sexual violence against children is a widespread and escalating social problem, with a very limited capacity to respond to reported incidents. Working closely with two specialist services to trial and assess a low-cost approach, the project is expected to result in longer-term support for child survivors and their families, and reduce further victimisation and offending. The potential benefits are multiple and far ranging, in PNG and in the Pacific region more broadly.