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National Chauvinism: Lest we forget.

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National chauvinism is an aggressive patriotism that is often displayed when countries are at war.  Lately it is raising its ugly head – even in peace time. Writes PNG Echo Australia, yesterday, celebrated ANZAC Day and the battle on the peninsular of Gallipoli during the First World War where it is said Australia gained nationhood. It was celebrated royally all over the nation with large enthusiastic turnouts for dawn services and marches even though the surviving Diggers of the Gallipoli campaign have all since passed on. In contrast, by the late 1970s, when there were many surviving diggers of that Continue reading National Chauvinism: Lest we forget.→

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History has lessons for the Anti-Violence-Against-Women Movement in PNG

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By PNG Echo For women in Papua New Guinea, this week has been variable. There have been both lows and highs. The good news is that the Strategic Plan to combat violence against women, which is a comprehensive document that understands the need for long-term planning, has been endorsed by the parliamentary National Executive Council (NEC) which is a huge first step in a long journey. The bad news is that it took the mutilation of a 19-year-old woman who had both her legs chopped off by a jealous husband to wake the relevant department from its reverie (it had Continue reading History has lessons for the Anti-Violence-Against-Women Movement in PNG→

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