PAPUA NEW GUINEA: "Enough Is Enough!" Testimonies of Papuan Women Victims of Violence and Human Rights Violations 1963–2009

Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Author: 
ICTJ, the Women Commission, and the Women Working Group of Papuan People Assembly
Asia
Oceania

“We women of Papua have been bruised, cornered, besieged from all directions. We are not safe at home, and even less so outside the home. The burden we bear to feed our children is too heavy. The history of the Papuan people is covered in blood, and women are no exception as victims of the violence of blind military actions. We have experienced rape and sexual abuse in detention, in the grasslands, while seeking refuge, no matter where we were when the army and police conducted operations in the name of security.”

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