Gender-based violence in PNG probed by seminal hearing
A Papua New Guinea Special Parliamentary Committee has heard that laws could be considered that make sorcery accusations illegal. East Sepik Governor Allan Bird listens to Senior Magistrate Tracy Ganai at a Papua New Guinea Special Parliamentary Committee into Gender-based Violence. Photo: Supplied The nagging problem of sorcery accusation-related violence in PNG has featured in a seminal two-day public hearing on gender-based violence in the country. The committee has been told of a widespread perception that the spate of violence toward females usually happens without consequences for perp...
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