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Languages : en
Pages : 14
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Stop Violence Against Women and Children in Papua New Guinea [electronic Resource]
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Author: Information and Resource Materials on Domestic Violence in Papua New Guinea
Author: Christine BradleyPublisher:
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Category : Family violence
Languages : en
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Engendering Violence in Papua New Guinea
Author: Margaret JollyPublisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1921862866
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This collection builds on previous works on gender violence in the Pacific, but goes beyond some previous approaches to ‘domestic violence’ or ‘violence against women’ in analysing the dynamic processes of ‘engendering’ violence in PNG. ‘Engendering’ refers not just to the sex of individual actors, but to gender as a crucial relation in collective life and the massive social transformations ongoing in PNG: conversion to Christianity, the development of extractive industries, the implanting of introduced models of justice and the law and the spread of HIV. Hence the collection examines issues of ‘troubled masculinities’ as much as ‘battered women’ and tries to move beyond the black and white binaries of blaming either tradition or modernity as the primary cause of gender violence. It relates original scholarly research in the villages and towns of PNG to questions of policy and practice and reveals the complexities and contestations in the local translation of concepts of human rights. It will interest undergraduate and graduate students in gender studies and Pacific studies and those working on the policy and practice of combating gender violence in PNG and elsewhere.
Healing Papua New Guinea A Study of Rule-of-Law Violations, Gender Violence and Tribal Violence in the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Author: Dr. Mark O'DohertyPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359812678
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Papua New Guinea is often ranked as likely the worst place in the world for violence against women; studies indicating that two thirds of all women in Papua New Guinea will suffer abuse at the hands of a partner. Even though the Family Protection Act was passed in 2013 - which criminalizes domestic violence and allows victims to obtain protection orders - enforcement remains weak and inconsistent; with police and prosecutors rarely pursuing investigations or criminal charges against people who commit family violence - even in cases of attempted murder, serious injury, or repeated rape - instead prefering to resolve such cases through mediation and/or payment of compensation... Violence by police and security forces is also a major issue in the country; with prisoners, refugees, women and children being the most frequent victims. Hence this book endeavours to improve rule-of-law, human rights and gender equality in Papua New Guinea; so that peace and prosperity can be manifested in this beautiful country.
Gender Violence & Human Rights
Author: Aletta BiersackPublisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760460710
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The postcolonial states of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu operate today in a global arena in which human rights are widely accepted. As ratifiers of UN treaties such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, these Pacific Island countries have committed to promoting women’s and girls’ rights, including the right to a life free of violence. Yet local, national and regional gender values are not always consistent with the principles of gender equality and women’s rights that undergird these globalising conventions. This volume critically interrogates the relation between gender violence and human rights as these three countries and their communities and citizens engage with, appropriate, modify and at times resist human rights principles and their implications for gender violence. Grounded in extensive anthropological, historical and legal research, the volume should prove a crucial resource for the many scholars, policymakers and activists who are concerned about the urgent and ubiquitous problem of gender violence in the western Pacific. ‘This is an important and timely collection that is central to the major and contentious issues in the contemporary Pacific of gender violence and human rights. It builds upon existing literature … but the contributors to this volume interrogate the connection between these two areas deeply and more critically … This book should and must reach a broad audience.’ — Jacqui Leckie, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Otago ‘The volume addresses the tensions between human and cultural, individual and collective rights, as played out in the domain of gender … Gender is a perfect lens for exploring these tensions because cultural rights are often claimed in defence of gender oppression and because women often have imposed upon them the burden of representing cultural traditions in attire, comportment, restraint or putatively cultural conservatism. And Melanesia is a perfect place to consider these gendered issues because of the long history of ethnocentric representations of the region, because of the extent to which these are played out between states and local cultures and because of the efforts of the vibrant women’s movements in the region to develop locally workable responses to the problems of gender violence in these communities.’ — Christine Dureau, Senior Lecturer, Anthropology, University of Auckland
Foundation to Prevent Violence Against Women and Their Children [electronic Resource]
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Author: Emerging Issues for Women and Children in Papua New Guinea
Author: Jeline GirisPublisher:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Primary Prevention and the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children [electronic Resource]
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Author: Domestic Violence in Papua New Guinea
Author: Susan ToftPublisher:
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Category : Family violence
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Bashed Up
Author: Heather BarrPublisher:
ISBN: 9781623132910
Category : Family violence
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
"This 59-page report documents systemic failures in how the government responds to domestic violence--failures which often leave women unprotected and subject to ongoing violence, even when they have gone to great lengths to seek help and justice"--Publisher's description.