Paper short abstract:

Building public demand for the protection of human rights of women and children in remote logging camps in the western Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea has been challenging for the various stakeholders involved including those in the media, legal fraternity and welfare support providers. This papaer examines the social perceptions of human rights within the community and the role of public media advocacy on human rights of women and children in Papua New Guinea.

Paper long abstract:

A three year project was conducted in monitoring the public response towards upholding the human rights of women and children who were commercially sexually exploited in various remote logging camps in western Pacific region. This paper examines the challenges the project identified through the monitoring of the media advocacy component within the media component of the project.

The paper examines issues on rapid assessment of perceptions of ,local communities involved in the project as well as the various stakeholders within the media, legal fraternity and the social services providers.While the logging industry is one of the biggest export revenue earners of the country it is also responsible for many of the indigemnous communities human rights concerns. It is a new and evolving challenge in Papua New Guinea