13 Aug, 2024 | Australia Awards, Australia Awards PNG Alumni, Study in Australia
Working in academia and research is a tough field for anyone, but even more so for women. Australia through the Australia Awards PNG Linkage Support for Women Academics Program, is supporting PNG’s women academics to attend conferences in Australia, to...
13 Aug, 2024 | Australia Awards, Australia Awards PNG Alumni, Study in Australia
Respiratory tract infections are the most common cause of death in Papua New Guinean children. Yet, there are no respiratory scientists or specialist laboratories in Papua New Guinea. Shalon Taufa from the University of Papua New Guinea’s School of...
22 Mar, 2024 | Australia Awards, Australia Awards PNG Alumni
Meet Dorothy Kenneth, Acting Secretary for the Autonomous Bougainville Government’s (ABG) Education Department. The former secondary school teacher from Buka Island is proof that education can foster a career change. In 2004, Dorothy closed the last chapter of an...
22 Mar, 2024 | Australia Awards, Australia Awards PNG Alumni
Growing up in Paramana village in Central province, Australia Awards alumna Rakara Raula-Nelson learned early on about culture, particularly the ways a gender divide can be created. She also learned how men too could support gender equality through her father’s...
13 Mar, 2024 | Australia Awards, Australia Awards PNG Alumni
The Australia Awards PNG Alumni Grant Scheme (AGS) is brightening up the Bewani Health Centre in Sandaun Province with new lights in the delivery room, improved water supply, and a ramp for accessibility. On a visit to the health centre back in 2019, Domi Min, the...
16 Jan, 2023 | Australia Awards, Australia Awards PNG Alumni, Short Courses
Presenting a research paper at the 56th Annual Medical Symposium in Port Moresby in front of doctors and professors was something Winnie Sagiu never expected. The Australia Awards Short Course graduate was surprised to be acknowledged, despite her commitment and...
