Globally, 53 percent of working women are in vulnerable jobs, such as self-employment, informal markets, domestic work or unpaid work. As leaders prepare to meet at the Pacific Islands Forum from 27 August, read about how women market vendors in the Pacific are reclaiming and redesigning their markets to be safer, healthier and more productive.
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Safe Cities Part 2: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Revisiting some of the most dangerous public spaces in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – the city’s marketplaces – this documentary takes an inside look at how the Safe Cities Global Initiative is working to curb violence against women and girls. As one of the initiative’s five pilot projects, the Port Moresby Safe Cities programme is targeting select city markets for simple, but well-designed interventions that have the potential for high impact in reducing fear, changing behaviours, and making the city's women and girls, safer.-
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