Outcome PNG_D_2.3

Services are gender responsive and enhances women's economic opportunities and livelihoods

During the reporting period, 14 UN Women supported urban markets improved market environment and accessibility through market rehabilitation initiatives. The rehabilitation and construction modernised market infrastructure, improved security and governance. Market managers developed market operation plans which were gender sensitive and ensuring transparency and accountability. In Goroka, Market managers approved the Market Operations Plan to enforce transparency, democratic governance and gender equality. In Alotau, cooperatives of women fishers were formed to meet export requirements and will start exporting Fish to Japan in February 2024. In Wabag the authorities decision was that the market will be run by women for the next 30 years (An act is being drafted). In Goroka, Mt Hagen, Kimbe, Wewak have improved security with police offices inside. In Kimbe, Goroka and Wabeg there are free clinic facilities for market vendors. Banks and ATMs installed in Wabeg, Goroka and Kimbe. Fee payment systems in Alotau and Kimbe inform higher authorities provincial and district development commitees on the importance of markets for communities economy.