Papua New Guinea Women's Association of Victoria
Philanthropy - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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The Papua New Guinea Women's Association of Victoria Inc (PNGAWAV) is a a community-based non for profit organization focused on empowering Papua New Guinean women (and by extension their families) who reside in Victoria. Our members are women who are either from PNG or have some affiliation with PNG. PNGWAV aims to create a one stop shop for the needs of PNG women and their families in Victoria. Our goal is to provide the support and resources needed to encourage our members to achieve their full potential in life. We hope that through the empowerment of our local women in Victoria, we will achieve greater empowerment for all women in PNG and globally.BACKGROUND Recently between 2012 to date there has been an influx of women coming into Australia from Papua New Guinea seeking refuge on domestic violence grounds. A majority of these resilient women are strong family women who have endured years of abuse and some have had to leave their children and everything behind and flee for their lives to Australia. Their stories are amazing. Some are very sad, courageous, dangerous and heart wrenching. You wouldn't be able to tell if you met them as they are such strong women who just want to get on with it and live happy normal lives. Many of the PNG women are spread all across rural and urban Victoria. Some have settled in well and others not so well as language barriers, understanding of how systems work, paperwork etc is daunting for them as they are thrown into a new system and way of life. The idea behind the PNG women's Association of Victoria is to empower the women who are residing in Victoria. PNGWAV aims to provide a one stop shop for the needs of PNG women in terms of referral services, holding workshops to upskill the women, facilitating opportunities that will empower the women, preserve the culture for the women and eventually help women back home who are not as fortunate to have found a way out.
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