papaua new guneau
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Papua New Guinea has made the international news again with a horrific story to reinforce stereotypes about the country: sorcery, sex, and fire. On January 6, a group of men reportedly stripped a woman naked, bound her hands and feet, stuffed a cloth in her mouth, and burned her alive on a dumpsite. Rumor has it that she had "confessed" to having eaten a man's heart. But in all likelihood, this will turn out to be a more typical story from that country: a brutal killing of a woman that goes unprosecuted, unpunished, and forgotten. In Papua New Guinea, research indicates, two-thirds of women experience domestic violence, and 50 percent of women have experienced forced sex. The Australian development agency AUSAID just issued a new report identifying violence against women as a major barrier to Papua New Guinea's development.
Zama Coursen-Neff: Where Violence Against Women Is Rampant
Culture Name Papua New Guinean Alternative Names Niugini (Pidgin English)
Culture of Papua New Guinea - traditional, history, people, clothing, traditions, women, beliefs, food, customs, family, social, dress, marriage, men, life, population, rituals, History and ethnic relations
WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women
Summary: This report presents initial results of a study implemented by the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) in the USA, research institutions and women's organisations in the participating countries. The report is based on interviews with 24,000 women and covers 15 sites and 10 countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Peru, Namibia, Samoa, and Serbia and Montenegro, Thailand, and the United Republic of Tanzania.Violence against Women - Gender Issues - UNIFEM
Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of human rights. It can include physical, sexual, psychological and economic abuse, and it cuts across boundaries of age, race, culture, wealth and geography. It takes place in the home, on the streets, in schools, the workplace, in farm fields, refugee camps, during conflicts and crises. It has many manifestations — from the most universally prevalent forms of domestic and sexual violence, to harmful practices, abuse during pregnancy, so-called honour killings and other types of femicide. International and regional legal instruments have clarified obligations of States to prevent, eradicate and punish violence against women and girls. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) requires that countries party to the Convention take all appropriate steps to end violence.