Meri Toksave

Meri Toksave is a youth-led, non-profit, non-governmental organisation that designs and delivers programmes and partnerships for the promotion and protection of human rights, the empowerment of women and girls, the advancement of gender equality, and the prevention and elimination of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea.

[6][7][8][9] The directory has been distributed to a range of service providers throughout Papua New Guinea with which Meri Toksave has developed partnerships, including UN Women, Oxfam, World Vision, Anglicare, Port Moresby General Hospital, the Papua New Guinea Department of Education, Médecins Sans Frontières, Soroptimist, Marie Stopes, ChildFund, United States Agency for International Development, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and other local and international organisations in the private and public sectors.

[13] The top four recommendations of the Papua New Guinea Women's Forum included references to Meri Toksave and the Meri Toksave Directory to be utilised to "Launch a Nation-wide Campaign Against Gender Based Violence" and to "develop and carry out a nation-wide public and media messaging campaign against gender based violence (GBV) and create a practical tool that can improve coordination and service delivery for GBV services.

[16] Ayesha Lutschini was also invited to attend the Queensland Premier’s Special Task Force on Domestic and Family Violence Summit chaired by Dame Quentin Bryce.

[19] For the University of Queensland Union 2015 Social Justice Week, Tasman Bain was invited to join a panel discussion on the progress for women's rights in the Millennium Development Goals.

Also in June, Ayesha Lutschini and Tasman Bain were panelists for the closing session of the International Feminist Journal of Politics Conference hosted at the Women's College of the University of Queensland.

[27] In June, Ayesha Lutschini was appointed a Member of the Board of Directors of the Coalition for Change PNG, a leading community-based organisation for the elimination of domestic and family violence in Papua New Guinea.

[31] In February 2018, Meri Toksave contributed to the Youth Sector Consultation Final Statement for the Australian Voluntary National Review on Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.