This report presents the findings from a two-day research dialogue workshop conducted in November 2025 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This dialogue workshop was suggested after the CEVAW Justice Denied conference was convened in June 2025, where the focus was on impunity for conflict-related sexual violence across the Indo-Pacific. It was suggested that Papua New Guinea is an important, yet neglected case of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in United Nations reports and assessments of high risk CRSV locations despite documented sexual and gender-based violence in association with tribal conflicts, elections, and land disputes.

The workshop convened 11 participants from seven Highlands provinces, including representatives of women civil society organisations (CSOs), women human rights defenders (WHRDs), Women, Peace and Security (WPS) advocates, a ward councillor, a local government officer, and a police officer from a Family and Sexual Violence Unit. Participants were selected in collaboration with Voice for Change, a leading Highlands women’s rights organisation, based on their frontline experience responding to conflicts and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), demonstrated leadership in protecting women and girls, and active engagement in community-level prevention and response initiatives.

The report makes three key recommendations, outlining within each, practical measures required to response to the unique features of sexual and gender-based violence associated with local conflicts in the Highlands provinces.