07-06-2012, 04:15 AM
Interesting things happen in an election and companies doing business in PNG must do their part to support candidates friendly to them, or candidates who oppose known or perceived enemies. ESSO Highlands has has taken a stand to promote certain females in the election.
"Esso backs women empowerment
Source:
The National, Thursday 05th July, 2012
By AGNES FIFI UKI
STUDY after study in communities throughout the world have proven that empowering women has positive impacts in communities, Esso Highlands acting managing director Pedro Martinez said in Port Moresby yesterday.
Martinez made the comment at the company headquarters while welcoming Cathy Alex, from Southern Highlands Province, and Doris Pipi, from Hela Province, who attended the Global Women in Management’s month-long conference in Washington DC, United States.
The Global Women in Management conference is supported by the Esso Highlands Ltd under its parent company, ExxonMobil’s Women Economic Opportunity Initiative.
Participants at the GWIM conference are mid-career women from civil society organisations around the world.
The conference gives them an opportunity to network with and learn from experts from private and public sector organisations that support entrepreneurship.
Martinez said Esso Highlands was a partner to the communities where it operated.
“The company is working to empower women and children in order to have positive changes and impacts in the communities,” he said.
“With the support from Esso Highlands Ltd and from previous experience, the women who were trained have positive impacts to their communities.
“Empowering women as leaders is a strategic move and is very important for all Papua New Guineans.”
Alex, who works and trains women in the communities along the extracting of liquefied natural gas project sites with the sustainable livelihood programmes, thanked Esso Highlands, saying she was privileged and honoured to attend the conference.
“This programme is really making a difference in PNG and when a woman moves forward she moves the nation,” she said.
Pipi, who works with the oil search and gender desk adviser, said ExxonMobil and Esso Highlands had not only come to PNG to extract resources but shown true leadership to help develop the country."
Good article also in PNG Industry News on how the elections tend to go in PNG. Note comments about how people cast votes; 3 votes with first, second and third choices:
“In some years, as in 2002, major parties were severely penalised by voters. Even though voting is not primarily on party lines, it may have become somewhat more so following the introduction of the limited preferential voting system, which may enable voters, who so choose, to give their first vote to their clansman, who may be independents, but their second or third vote perhaps to well-known other figures, who may be party-funded and affiliated."
This article also says this about the election results in general:
"On the composition of the government, it could still be anyone’s guess at this stage although there is a general expectation the O’Neill-Namah coalition will remain in power."
Then also states this regarding Namah's race against a female candidate:
"Namah is less well received by the business community, even though this former soldier is by all accounts a very successful businessman due to the royalties he receives from logging. He also has a considerable challenge ahead for his seat, which is being contested by Green Party leader Dorothy Tekwie.
“There maybe a negative reaction in Namah’s home constituency to the seeming marginalisation of the local population in the face of the Bewani SABL, with all its overseas employees, and apparent domination of the local town and institutions,” Barker said.
“His strident and confrontational style clearly alienates much of the educated PNG population but he clearly also has a strong following with part of the population seeking a tough no-nonsense style of leadership, which is ready to stand up to various interest groups, albeit seemingly having accommodated others.”
And this about O'Neill:
"O’Neill and some of his close team have a known track record, open for all to see, from the National Provident Fund inquiry and the Investment Corporation/ Motor Vehicle Insurance Limited inquiry. Nevertheless, he clearly has a strong following, especially in the highlands provinces, from his time in government and business.
“He has seemed the calmer and more worldly of the leadership pair over recent months, maybe perceived by some therefore as the weaker, but for others usually having his way in the end. So whilst being heavily criticised, by many of the younger educated elite particularly, he comes across to many, including those who are firm critics, as someone who can keep a ship steady even in a major storm and knows his destination. So many have clearly decided he is someone they can trust, in a sense, and do business with, if not condone.”
Good read
http://www.pngindustrynews.net/storyview.asp?storyid=9201398§ionsource=s0
"Esso backs women empowerment
Source:
The National, Thursday 05th July, 2012
By AGNES FIFI UKI
STUDY after study in communities throughout the world have proven that empowering women has positive impacts in communities, Esso Highlands acting managing director Pedro Martinez said in Port Moresby yesterday.
Martinez made the comment at the company headquarters while welcoming Cathy Alex, from Southern Highlands Province, and Doris Pipi, from Hela Province, who attended the Global Women in Management’s month-long conference in Washington DC, United States.
The Global Women in Management conference is supported by the Esso Highlands Ltd under its parent company, ExxonMobil’s Women Economic Opportunity Initiative.
Participants at the GWIM conference are mid-career women from civil society organisations around the world.
The conference gives them an opportunity to network with and learn from experts from private and public sector organisations that support entrepreneurship.
Martinez said Esso Highlands was a partner to the communities where it operated.
“The company is working to empower women and children in order to have positive changes and impacts in the communities,” he said.
“With the support from Esso Highlands Ltd and from previous experience, the women who were trained have positive impacts to their communities.
“Empowering women as leaders is a strategic move and is very important for all Papua New Guineans.”
Alex, who works and trains women in the communities along the extracting of liquefied natural gas project sites with the sustainable livelihood programmes, thanked Esso Highlands, saying she was privileged and honoured to attend the conference.
“This programme is really making a difference in PNG and when a woman moves forward she moves the nation,” she said.
Pipi, who works with the oil search and gender desk adviser, said ExxonMobil and Esso Highlands had not only come to PNG to extract resources but shown true leadership to help develop the country."
Good article also in PNG Industry News on how the elections tend to go in PNG. Note comments about how people cast votes; 3 votes with first, second and third choices:
“In some years, as in 2002, major parties were severely penalised by voters. Even though voting is not primarily on party lines, it may have become somewhat more so following the introduction of the limited preferential voting system, which may enable voters, who so choose, to give their first vote to their clansman, who may be independents, but their second or third vote perhaps to well-known other figures, who may be party-funded and affiliated."
This article also says this about the election results in general:
"On the composition of the government, it could still be anyone’s guess at this stage although there is a general expectation the O’Neill-Namah coalition will remain in power."
Then also states this regarding Namah's race against a female candidate:
"Namah is less well received by the business community, even though this former soldier is by all accounts a very successful businessman due to the royalties he receives from logging. He also has a considerable challenge ahead for his seat, which is being contested by Green Party leader Dorothy Tekwie.
“There maybe a negative reaction in Namah’s home constituency to the seeming marginalisation of the local population in the face of the Bewani SABL, with all its overseas employees, and apparent domination of the local town and institutions,” Barker said.
“His strident and confrontational style clearly alienates much of the educated PNG population but he clearly also has a strong following with part of the population seeking a tough no-nonsense style of leadership, which is ready to stand up to various interest groups, albeit seemingly having accommodated others.”
And this about O'Neill:
"O’Neill and some of his close team have a known track record, open for all to see, from the National Provident Fund inquiry and the Investment Corporation/ Motor Vehicle Insurance Limited inquiry. Nevertheless, he clearly has a strong following, especially in the highlands provinces, from his time in government and business.
“He has seemed the calmer and more worldly of the leadership pair over recent months, maybe perceived by some therefore as the weaker, but for others usually having his way in the end. So whilst being heavily criticised, by many of the younger educated elite particularly, he comes across to many, including those who are firm critics, as someone who can keep a ship steady even in a major storm and knows his destination. So many have clearly decided he is someone they can trust, in a sense, and do business with, if not condone.”
Good read
http://www.pngindustrynews.net/storyview.asp?storyid=9201398§ionsource=s0
