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<p class="Default" style="margin-top:2.0pt;line-height:12.05pt"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">2012
Pamela Denoon Lecture<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Pa3"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Pa3"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Presenter:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
Dame Carol Kidu MP – </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Member
for Moresby South Electorate, Papua New Guinea National
Parliament <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.05pt"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Title:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
Sex, women and the 21st century in Papua New Guinea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Pa3"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Date:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
Thursday 8 March 2012 – 8pm <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.05pt"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Venue:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
Theatre 2, Manning Clarke Centre, ANU <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-top:2.0pt;line-height:12.05pt"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"
style="margin-top:6.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:9.05pt"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Abstract</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">:
</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Pregnancy
is the greatest killer of teenage girls in the world. Girls in
Papua New Guinea (PNG) are particularly vulnerable as hospital
births are rare. Contraception is generally difficult to obtain,
especially for unmarried women. Meanwhile, violence against
women, including sexual violence, is endemic. Extremely
restrictive abortion laws (including a ban on abortion in cases
of rape and incest) ensure that young women die regularly from
unsafe abortion. Sexually transmitted infections are prevalent
with HIV rates increasing steadily. PNG is a devout nation with
many denominations. Christianity is an integral part of PNG
culture and strongly influences the reproductive health services
available to women. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Pa6" style="margin-top:5.0pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">What
would improve the situation for PNG women? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Pa6" style="margin-top:5.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Pa6" style="margin-top:5.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dame
Carol Kidu </span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">is
the only current female member of the Papua New Guinea
Parliament. She was born in Queensland and met her PNG husband,
the late PNG Chief Justice Sir Buri Kidu, at a school camp. She
has spent her adult life in PNG and worked as a teacher before
embarking on a political career. Dame Carol won the Port Moresby
South Constituency in 1997 and has focused her efforts on
supporting women in the community. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Pa6" style="margin-top:5.0pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Join
us for light refreshments in the foyer prior to the lecture. The
theme for the 2012 International women’s day is ‘Connecting
girls, inspiring futures’. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:12.05pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:12.05pt"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Enquiries:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
<a href="mailto:pameladenoonlecture@hotmail.com"><span
style="color:windowtext">pameladenoonlecture@hotmail.com</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="mso-line-height-alt:8.05pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="mso-line-height-alt:8.05pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Please
register your interest</span><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-top:2.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:8.05pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">W:
<a href="http://anu.edu.au/publiclectures"><span
style="color:windowtext">http://anu.edu.au/publiclectures</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-top:2.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:8.05pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">E:
<a href="mailto:pameladenoonlecture@hotmail.com"><span
style="color:windowtext">pameladenoonlecture@hotmail.com</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-top:2.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:8.05pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">T:
0457 206 887 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-top:2.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:8.05pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"
style="margin-top:2.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:8.05pt"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">This
lecture is free and open to the public <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"
style="margin-top:2.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:8.05pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Presented
by: Pamela Denoon Lecture Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Pa1" style="margin-top:2.0pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For
more information, including transcripts and recordings of the
lecture, please visit: <a href="http://pameladenoonlecture.net"><span
style="color:windowtext">http://pameladenoonlecture.net</span></a>
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