Resource Extraction, Gender and the Sexual Economy in Hela Province, Papua New Guinea: “Everything has Changed”
Publisher: Sexuality & Culture
Author(s): Agnes Mek, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Richard Eves, and Verena Thomas
Date: 2021
Topics: Extractive Resources, Gender
Countries: Papua New Guinea
Due to the wealth flowing from a large new liquefied natural gas extraction project, Hela Province has undergone immense socio-cultural changes. Many of these changes are well documented, but those pertaining to gender and sexuality have largely been overlooked.