PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Bougainville Women Say They Were Excluded From The Reconciliation Ceremony

Date: 
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Source: 
Radio Australia
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The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Neil has completed his historic state visit to the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.

And while Mr O'Neil has extended the olive branch, the women of Bougainville are angry they weren't included in the reconciliation ceremony involving the Prime Minister and local leaders.

Helen Hakena, from the Leitana Nehan Women's Development Agency, says although there are three women in the Autonomous Bougainville Government, they were excluded from organising events, and none of them was included in the official commemorations.