Tag Archives: Gender based violence (GBV)

Weasel words from the Tin Man: The Prime Minister’s response to the torture of a 6yr old girl.

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The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Peter O’Neill, presides over a country where, according to Médecins Sans Frontières, the women are the most abused in the world outside of a conflict zone and where they “…endure some of the most extreme levels of violence in the world,” according to the Lowy Institute. (Reported in an article published in The National by journalist Grace Maribu.) Over this humanitarian crisis the Prime Minister expresses his “outrage” – but does little. When the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea finally came out with a press statement on the recent torture of a Continue reading Weasel words from the Tin Man: The Prime Minister’s response to the torture of a 6yr old girl.→

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A petition to demand that the PNG Gov addresses violence against women

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Sign the petition:  Enough was enough long ago: when the violence is extended to include little girls of six-years-old being tortured by groups of men, we cannot let this continue and call ourselves human.   “We the Papua New Guinea Community and the International Community are united in this call to action. We demand the PNG Government takes immediate and sustained action to prevent and protect women and children from torture, murder and all acts of violence and human rights abuses. The latest victim is just six (6) years old. Last week in PNG, in an act of extreme depravity, Continue reading A petition to demand that the PNG Gov addresses violence against women→

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