State of the Service: Women's Participation in the PNG Public Sector

dc.contributor.authorHaley, Nicoleen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-30T00:06:06Z
dc.date.available2018-04-30T00:06:06Z
dc.date.issued2015en_AU
dc.description.abstractPapua New Guinea’s new Public Services (Management) Act 2014 (PSMA) is one of several important administrative and legislative reforms implemented by the O’Neill/Dion Government in accordance with the Alotau Accord of 2012. Key among the changes is formal consultation with members of parliament (MPs) in relation to the appointment of provincial and district administrators, which in effect gives MPs a formal role in hiring and firing decisions at the subnational level. Seemingly, this is already having a detrimental impact on the gender profile of the public sector, with four women of the five most senior women in the Simbu provincial administration already replaced at the recommendation of MPs in the province (Anna Naur pers. comm. March 2015).1 Drawing on previously unpublished data, this In Brief offers an analysis of the gender profile of the Papua New Guinea (PNG) public sector as at June 2014, before the implementation of the new PSMA. The analysis reveals that while women are well represented in central government agencies, they are severely underrepresented in senior positions at the subnational level where services are delivered.en_AU
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dc.identifier.issn2205-7404en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/142881
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherCanberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National Universityen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIn Brief (The Australian National University, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM) Program): 2015/60en_AU
dc.rightsThe permission to upload the paper was granted via email, archived in ERMS2253709en_AU
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dc.source.urihttp://ssgm.bellschool.anu.edu.au/experts-publications/publications/4140/state-service-womens-participation-png-public-sectoren_AU
dc.titleState of the Service: Women's Participation in the PNG Public Sectoren_AU
dc.typeWorking/Technical Paperen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage2en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu3297900xPUB189
local.identifier.doi10.25911/5f200532e6921
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu1005913en_AU
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local.publisher.urlhttp://ssgm.bellschool.anu.edu.au/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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