Category Archives: Shame file

Gender-based violence: where are we going wrong? (Because we are)

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By PNG Echo I have been advocating in the space of gender-based violence now for a dozen (or more) years and can honestly say that I feel I’ve achieved a huge ‘zero.’  Many women have been at it for a lot longer than this, some are at the coal face and many of these women are tired, discouraged and burnt out. And it’s not only us older generation. In fact, I was forced to confront the question of where we are going wrong from a message that was sent to me by a young, esteemed colleague, herself an avid campaigner Continue reading Gender-based violence: where are we going wrong? (Because we are)→

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Unspeakable acts

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By PNG Echo. I spent last weekend, peering into Nietzsche’s abyss – not somewhere I’m happy to dwell but, sometimes, something so unspeakable happens that it’s necessary because lives depend upon us knowing what resides in that abyss. Sometimes we can’t and shouldn’t just look away. A human tragedy with inhuman consequences It all started when revered Papua New Guinean businessman and philanthropist, Jacob Luke, left his house in  Lakolam village, province of Enga, in the highlands of Papua New Guinea and never returned. His dead body was found sometime later in the surrounding bush. As I write, there has Continue reading Unspeakable acts→

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