PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Social Protection in PNG
Papua New Guinea, the largest Pacific Island nation, is one of the most culturally diverse countries on earth with more than 800 languages spoken across the 8.9 million population. Hover over the icons below to see which of these life-cycle risks PNG is addressing and how.
EARLY CHILDHOOD
- Poor access to antenatal and post natal care
- Unsafe birth
- Poor access to immunisation
- Stunting, malnutrition and hunger
- Reduced cognitive development
SCHOOL AGE
- Malnutrition
- Unable to access or stay in school
- Child labour
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Loss of parents or carers
YOUTH
- Inadequate skills
- Inability to access training
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Gender discrimination
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Domestic violence
- Alienation
WORKING AGE
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Cost of children
- Lack of childcare
- Care of parents
- Debt
- Gender discrimination
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Domestic violence
OLD AGE
- Increasing frailty and disability
- Inability to work
- Lack of family care
- Elder abuse
Leading to the following solutions:
WORKING AGE
- Work injury compensation and maternity benefits for formal workers (employer liability)
OLD AGE
- National Superannuation Funds retirement benefits for formal workers