Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – Review and Pilot Bottom-up Governance and Leadership Program Materials

Implemented by Ms Samani Pupdi

Samani’s project aims to train PNG women in the Bottom-up Governance Leadership training materials and seek feedback for customisation in a PNG context. Depending on the success of this project, the program may be replicated as a formal training module for potential woman leaders in PNG.

Objectives for this project include:

1. Increasing women's political representation
2. Increasing women's knowledge of governenance and leadership in PNG and familiarity with issues among women
3. Increasing bottom-up governance and initiatives by women in their local respects

Samani has undertaken this project with the hope of paving the way for  on-going training for women and in the long run see an increased  number of women on the floor of parliament.

So far, Samani has held a training session on the BGLP materials for 16 women in Port Moresby. Samani received assistance from fellow BGLP participants Kori Toua and Ruby Kenny. Samani is seeking feedback for customisation of BGLP materials.