Supported by:

1. Port Moresby: A Safe City for Women and GirlsA NCDC- UN Women InitiativexPacific Futures, Building Our Communities 2014 Pacific Local Government ForumPresentation by: Alethia JimenezSafe Cities Programme Team Leader In partnership with: • Supported by:

2. Increased comfort Reduction of different forms of SV Greater sense of safety Increase use of public spaces Reduced fear Increase autonomous mobility

3. Aim: create safe, clean, and inclusive markets for women and men to feel free and empowered.

4. Why markets? • Agriculture - key income stream for 86% of the population • 55% of women reported experiencing some form of violence in the previous 12 months while at the market. • 22% females report experiencing more than one incident of SV in the market. • 64% of females and males reported witnessing some form of SV in the market. • SV was not the only problem, extortion, theft, ethnic clashes and other forms of violence. • Local population from going to markets and virtually no tourism in some markets due to safety concerns • Health and sanitation concerns, lack of maintenance and planning • Markets are social spaces and provide an opportunity to build and strengthen communities

5. Designed based on facts and needs identified by market communities

6. What is Safe Cities all about? Governance Women’s participation Education Management Access to services- health, water and sanitation Social cohesion Safety Economic Opportunities Transparency & Accountability

7. The Results

10. POLITICAL WILL & GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP Evaluation Monitoring Data collection

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