Women eye seats in PNG parliament - Taipei Times

Women are fighting to win at least one seat in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) male-dominated parliament when voting opens tomorrow in a mountainous, forest-clad land scarred by gender-based violence.
Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape is fending off a challenge from his predecessor Peter O’Neill to lead the resource-rich, but poverty-struck, Pacific Island for the next five years.
Whoever wins, the new leader will need to cobble together a coalition government, analysts say.
Women are hoping to have a voice in the 118-seat parliament.
In the nearly 50 years since Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia, only seven women have ever secured

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