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Taking responsibility: A solution to violence against women

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By PNG Echo The very first step to solving a problem is admitting that you have one. Judging by these recent responses, Papua New Guinea still has some way to go – but it’s not hopeless – there is a way.   Excuses, excuses, excuses. PROBLEM   Human Rights Watch has called PNG “one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman or girl”.       Response: Susan do you know that in USA 3 underage girls are raped every day but not reported. Australia and Europe are no different. PNG is so small that Continue reading Taking responsibility: A solution to violence against women→

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Blood of your blood: The enemy within

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By PNG Echo There is a humanitarian crisis in the Pacific…well there’s more than one… but it’s not with the plight of the West Papuan people that this article is concerned. This article is about the violence against women in Papua New Guinea. A recent article in the Brisbane Courier (and replicated around Australia) reported many instances of gut-churning abuse in Papua New Guinea where the perpetrators proudly boasted and showed off their brutality – Including the gang on the left. It ended with a video of a young mother who had sought refuge in a ‘safe house’ after the Continue reading Blood of your blood: The enemy within→

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