Women eye seats in PNG parliament - Taipei Times
Women are fighting to win at least one seat in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) male-dominated parliament when voting opens tomorrow in a mountainous, forest-clad land scarred by gender-based violence. Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape is fending off a challenge from his predecessor Peter O’Neill to lead the resource-rich, but poverty-struck, Pacific Island for the next five years. Whoever wins, the new leader will need to cobble together a coalition government, analysts say. Women are hoping to have a voice in the 118-seat parliament. In the nearly 50 years since Papua New Guinea gain...